Stress response of police officers during COVID?19: A moderated mediation model

During the COVID-19 pandemic, police officers have been at frontline of danger. Their mental health should arouse attention society. To test relationship between psychological support they received and their stress response, present study built a moderated mediation model to examine this effects underlying mechanisms. A total 553 Chinese participated in study; four scales were measured by standardised questionnaires (Emotional Identity Profession Scale; DSM-5 Self-Rated Level 1 Cross-Cutting Symptom Measure-Adult; Psychological Support Active Work Adaptation Scale). Stress response was negatively correlated with support, emotional identity profession active work adaptation. adaptation all positively correlated. had negative direct effect on profession's mediating distinct