20.500.12556/RUP-23572 Police mental health and stress in Slovenia associations with gender and support-seeking This study aimed to investigate the state of mental health and help- seeking behaviour in a sample of Slovenian police officers during the Covid-19 pandemic. Additionally, we examined the variables that influence the likelihood of seeking help within the police, the relationship between measured variables and created a model explaining these relationships. Data were collected from a conve- nience sample of 279 police officers, representing 3.87% of the Slovenian police population. Depression was measured with the Male Depression Risk Scale. We found that 20.43% of police officers had a high or very high occurrence of depressive symptoms, with no significant difference in prevalence between male and female officers. We also found that 21.15% of police officers sought help within the organisation. Our findings highlight the need to inte- grate mental health screening into routine check-ups, establish effective referral systems, and implement stigma-reduction inter- ventions to better support officers. Cilj te raziskave je bil preučiti stanje duševnega zdravja in vedenje, povezano z iskanjem pomoči, pri vzorcu slovenskih policistov med pandemijo covida-19. Poleg tega smo preučili spremenljivke, ki vplivajo na verjetnost iskanja pomoči znotraj policijske organizacije, povezave med merjenimi spremenljivkami ter oblikovali model, ki pojasnjuje te povezave. Podatki so bili zbrani na priložnostnem vzorcu 279 policistov, kar predstavlja 3,87 % celotne populacije slovenskih policistov. Depresivnost je bila merjena z lestvico tveganja za depresijo pri moških (Male Depression Risk Scale). Ugotovili smo, da je imelo 20,43 % policistov visoko ali zelo visoko izraženost depresivnih simptomov, pri čemer med policisti in policistkami ni bilo statistično značilnih razlik v razširjenosti simptomov. Ugotovili smo tudi, da je 21,15 % policistov poiskalo pomoč znotraj organizacije. Naše ugotovitve poudarjajo potrebo po vključitvi presejalnega preverjanja duševnega zdravja v redne zdravstvene preglede, vzpostavitvi učinkovitih sistemov napotovanja ter izvajanju ukrepov za zmanjševanje stigmatizacije, da bi policistom zagotovili boljšo podporo. police officers gender differences mental health depression mental wellbeing help-seeking policisti spolne razlike duševno zdravje depresija iskanje pomoči true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2026-09-08 09:04:46 2026-09-08 09:04:46 2026-09-09 03:08:10 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 0 str. 466-487 no. 3 Vol. 27 2026 0000-00-00 NiDoloceno NiDoloceno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2025-09-12 615.86:351.74 1561-4263 10.1080/15614263.2025.2558138 248995587 RAZ_Borko_Polonca_2026.pdf RAZ_Borko_Polonca_2026.pdf 1 E71E3C6CD7B31983B82EA1C1A1EAFD31 75bd56713f394254574e506c4e6681d92276416fc817cfa8c0e29d48d8967349 8aced68d-ab53-11f1-9e8d-005056ac49c0 https://repozitorij.upr.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=34995 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15614263.2025.2558138?scroll=top&needAccess=true#abstract 1 4fc0abb6-ab53-11f1-9e8d-005056ac49c0 https://repozitorij.upr.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=34994 Inštitut Andrej Marušič 0 0 0