An exploration of job stress and health in the Norwegian police service: a cross sectional study

Table 2 Descriptive statistics and gender differences for burnout, health, personality, and work stress

	Females		Males
	mean	SD	mean	SD	p
Burnout
Emotional exhaustion (MBI)^a	2.14	0.64	2.25	0.70	**
Depersonalization (MBI)^a	2.12	0.68	2.26	0.76	***
Personal accomplishment (MBI)^a	2.48	0.42	2.42	0.41	**
Health
Anxiety subscale (HADS)^b	4.2	2.9	3.7	2.9	**
Depression subscale (HADS)^b	2.4	2.5	3.1	2.9	***
Subjective Health Complaint	4.27	3.84	3.87	4.3	*
Personality
Neuroticism (BCI)^c	3.56	2.26	2.34	2.03	***
Extroversion (BCI)^c	5.91	2.28	5.11	2.4	***
Control/compulsiveness (BCI)^c	4.46	2.2	4.32	2.12	Ns
Reality weakness (BCI)^c	1.38	1.7	1.19	1.51	*
Job stress
Severity
Job Pressure	4.8	1.0	4.7	1.1	Ns
Lack of Support	5.4	1.2	5.2	1.2	*
Serious Operational Tasks	5.7	1.2	5.5	1.2	***
Work Injuries	6.8	1.4	6.3	1.5	***
Frequency
Job Pressure	3.8	2.3	4.2	2.2	***
Lack of Support	1.7	1.5	2.1	1.7	***
Serious Operational Tasks	2.5	2.0	2.7	2.1	*
Work Injuries	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.7	***

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