Impactos do estresse na saúde mental dos alunos do curso de formação de oficiais da PMMA sob a ótica do trabalho policial militar

Abstract

The military police profession is a profession where professionals are highly vulnerable to stress due to the nature of the activity being risky, where the professional, daily, may come across adverse situations requiring quick solutions, and within the law. And PMMA CFO students share the same vulnerabilities to stress and, consequently, to physical and mental illness, such as depression, anxiety disorder, burnout syndrome and alcoholism, which can even culminate in suicide. This study aimed to analyze the impacts of stress on the work environment of PMMA CFO cadets. And as specific objectives: ;describe the possible consequences derived from stress in the work context of CFO students; assess the stress levels of CFO students; to identify the symptoms of stress present in the evaluated cadets; to compare the level of stress with sociodemographic, health and lifestyle variables; and to detect a possible correlation between these variables and the levels of stress found. This is a quantitative field research. The methodology outlined for the production of the work was a bibliographic review, for the elaboration of the theoretical foundation, and a field research with the cadets of APMGD. An online questionnaire was applied, made available to the three CFO groups, to obtain sociodemographic information, life habits and health of the cadets, in addition to a psychological instrument: the Lipp Stress Symptoms Instrument (ISSL). The sample consisted of 117 participants, 105 males and 12 females. For data analysis, descriptive and inferential statistical analyzes were used for the results of the variables. The results showed that the cadets' stress levels are higher than the general population, when compared to the consulted literature. Having more prevalence in female cadets, finding themselves predominantly with symptoms of the most harmful phase of stress: the exhaustion phase. The aforementioned objectives were achieved using the methodology described above. In this way, investigations of stress in the work context may help to anticipate situations that compromise the mental health of future PMMA officers, providing an improvement in the cadets' quality of life