Selfmoordgeneigdheid : 'n bedryfsielkundige ondersoek binne die Suid-Afrikaans Polisiediens in die Noordwes-Provinsie

Subject: Suicidal Ideation: An industrial psychological investigation in the South African Police Service in the North West Province. Ke=j Terms: Suicide, suicidal ideation: coping, sense of coherence, salutogenesis, work satisfaction, police members. Suicide is a realitj in South Africa that can be confirmed hy the increasing statistics annually. Tlie South African Police Service (SAPS) also shows increasing lliinlbers of suicide. IIo\i.ever, these niunbers onlj. Socus on succcssfi~l suicidcs and little i \ 1,nou.n about the suicidal iclcation of members \\. ithin the service. 11 now seems that only the tip of the iceberg is causing panic. altliough the problem mipht be much bigger than originallq thought. In this research the emphasis will be on possible correlatio~ls between coping sense of cohcrcnce and job satis'action on the one hand and suicidal ideation on thc otller hand within thc SAPS in tlie Sol111 V'cst I-'ro\:incz. if con-elations belween coping: sense of coherence. job satisfiction and suicidal ideation can be found, i t can be of great significance for the SAPS, especially in terms of recri~itmenl~ selection, dc~relopment and management of'human recourses. Thc ob.jecti\;c of this research is to determine if there is a rclationship between coping: sense of coherence, job satislixtion and suicidal ideation among police personnel. The focus of the literature was 011 the conceptualising of suicidal ideation. and if suicidal ideation can be linked to constructs such as coping. sense of coherence and job satisfaction. I'Iic rcseai-ch is quantitative in nature and entails a sur\,e! design. The population consisted of 120 police pcssonnel in the North West Province. of which all were ranlied between constable to inspector. Four nicnsusing instruments \vers ~ ~ s e d , n~u~le l ly the . 4di1lt Suicidxl Ideation Qucstionnaire. the hllinnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire, the Sense of Coherence Questionnaire and the \Jra! s of Copins Questionnaire. The SAS-progt-am \vas uscd for statistical analysis purposes. Ilescripti\. e statistics. t-tests. product lnoment correlations and multiple regression anal>-sis were uscd to analyse the rcsults. Police personnel indicated dissatisfaction ~ . i t h regard to the remuneration that they receive, as \\. ell as physical \\. orking conditions, s u p e r \ . i s i o n l m and cornpan! policy. The! , use coping styles such as seeking social support, planful problem-solving as well as positive reappraisal. Black police members shotted to be more suicidal than ~khite members. The empirical stud), showed that dissatisfaction with specific aspects of their work end scnsc of coherence could predict suicidal ideation. Recommendations for future research are made in thc conclusion. Bladsy Redankings Opsolnming Abstract L1.s \. a11 figure L! s Iran tabelle HOOFSTUK 1: INLEIDIXG Prc~bleemstelling Nnvorsi~~gsdoelstsllings Algcmenc doelstellings Spcsific1,e doelstellings Basicsc hipotesc orsinpmetode Lit cratuusstudic Fmpirlrso ondsrsoek Kcuse van '11 navorsingsontwerp Dlc samestelling van die ondersoekgroep Die keusc van meelillstrumellte Statistiese verwerkings 1 loofstuhindeling Hoofstul~sarne\/altinp HOOFSTUK 2: SELFh'IO0RDGENEIC;DHEID 0mskr)-xving \. an t e r m Selrnloord Selfnlonrdpoginss J'arnscl finoord Selfnloni.dgeneigdl~cid M'anopvattings tcn opsigte \-an selfn~oord Oossaaklil;e faklore by selfinoordgel~eigdl~cid Si tuasionele faktore Gndsdicns Hu\\. cl il;status INHOUDSOPGAWE (Vervolg) 2.3. 1.3 Dic beskilibaarheid van vuurwapens 2.3. 1.4 iVerksverwante falitore 2.3. 2 Prrsoonlilic falaore 2.3. 2.1 Biografiese faktore 2.3. 2.2 Lolierensiesin 2.3.3. 3 ('oping 2.4 HooI'stuIisamevattil~g HOOFSTUK 3: EMPIIUESE ONDERSOEK Ondersocl<groep Die mctingsbattery Die Min~~t.sota-te\~redenl.~eids~~saelys Rasionaal Bcsliry~ving Af~leem cn nasizn Interpretasie Bctl.oubaa~-heid ell geldigheid Motivering vir keuse Loliere~isiesin\.rael! ~s Rasionaal Bcsliryu.ing Af11cen1 en nasie~l lntsrpretasie Betroubaarheicl en geldigheid h4otivering vir keuse '1Vays of coping-vrae1j.s Rasionaal Bt.slir! ,\\ i n 2 AS~~ccrn e nasien Interpretasie 13etl~oubaarlicid en geldigllcid Motivering vir keuse Bladsy 19 2 0 23, 26 INHOUDSOPGAWE (Vervolg) Adult Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire Rasionaal Beskr\\\,ing Afnccnl en nasien Intcrpretasie Betsoubaarheid en geldighcid Motivering \. ir keuse LVerksu? ,st: Statistiese ontledings N. 'avorsingshipoteses FIoo fstuksame~~atting HOOFSTUK 4: RAPPOKTERING EN BESPREICTNG \'. 4N KESIJLTATE 4.1 Beskrywende statistiek ten opsigte van die verskillende konstrukte 4.2 Die \,elband tussen ~? ;erlistevrede~heicl, coping, lioherel~siesin en selfnloordgeneigdheid 4.3 Die verskille tusscn kontrasgroepe ten opsigte van selfmoord~cneigdhcid L 4.4 \I'eskste\. redcnl~eid. kohereilsiesin en coping as voorspellers van selfmoordgeneigdheid 4.5 Bc.sprcliing 4.6 Hoofsluksame\. attil~g HOOFSTUK 5: GEVOLGTREKKINGS, LEEMTES EN AAI\'BE\:ELINGS 5.2 1,cenites \. a11 die ondersocli Bladsy 47 4 7 47 4 7 48 4 8 48 49 4 9 5 1 5 1