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The Effect of Occupational Status on Health: Putting the Social in Socioeconomic Status
In a paper published in Heliyon, we used a nationally representative, longitudinal survey of law enforcement officers to show that perceptions of the affective meanings of occupational identities are related to health and wellbeing. Specifically, officers who report seeing their occupational identities as more good, powerful, and active also report better outcomes across 11 of the 13 indices of physical and mental health we tested.
Aidan Combs, Robert E. Freeland, Katelin Alfaro Hudak, Elizabeth A. Mumford
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The Occupational Status of Law Enforcement Officers and Variation Across Sociodemographic Characteristics: Quantifying Self and Public Perceptions of Prestige
Perceptions of occupational prestige are commonly associated with job satisfaction and job turnover intentions, but little is known about law enforcement officers’ (LEOs) own views of the prestige of policing. The purpose of this study is to quantify how LEOs rate the prestige of their profession, how they think their communities view their profession, and whether these views vary by sociodemographic characteristics.
Katelin Alfaro Hudak, Aidan Combs, Robert E. Freeland, Elizabeth A. Mumford
'All Cops are Bastards?' The Effect of the Killing of George Floyd on Police Identity Meanings
Protests against police brutality, such as those that followed the murder of George Floyd in the spring of 2020, can affect public opinion of police. By acting as a form of identity threat, they may also affect police officers’ meanings of their own occupational identities.
Aidan Combs