South Africa's High-Stress Security Environment : Keys to Coping / Gerhard Schoeman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schoeman, Gerhard, author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Security, International.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (138 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, New York : Routledge, [2025]

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Dedication

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

List of figures, tables and photos

Foreword

Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Day-to-day South Africa: A violent way of life

Chapter 3: The security industry in South Africa

3.1: A closer look at the local security industry

3.2: The role of private security

3.3: Growth in the private security industry

3.4: Security occupations

3.4.1: VIP protectors

3.4.2: Cash-in-transit guards

3.4.3: Armed-response officers

3.4.4: Security guards

3.5: An untenable situation

Chapter 4: Understanding stress

4.1: Background

4.2: Defining stress

4.3: Defining a stressor

4.4: Eustress and distress (positive and negative stress)

4.5: The general adaptation syndrome

4.5.1: Alarm

4.5.2: Resistance

4.5.3: Exhaustion

4.6: Fight, flight and freeze reactions to stress

4.7: Appraisal of stressful events

4.8: Models of stress and coping

4.8.1: Conceptual model for coping with police stress

4.8.2: The Person-Environment Model of Stress

4.8.3: The Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) Model

4.8.4: Moos's Integrated Stress and Coping Framework

4.8.5: Cox's Transactional Model of Occupational Stress

4.9: Understanding stress as a point of departure

Chapter 5: Stress at work and how it impacts on us

5.1: Occupational causes of stress

5.2: Stress in high-risk occupations

5.3: The impact of stress on workers

5.4: Stress

reaching the limits

Chapter 6: Dealing with stress

6.1: Background

6.2: Defining coping

6.3: Unhealthy coping strategies

6.3.1: Defence mechanisms

6.3.2: Displacement

6.3.3: Denial

6.3.4: Self-indulgence

6.3.5: Learned helplessness

6.3.6: Self-blame (negative self-talk)

6.4: Healthy coping strategies

6.4.1: Training.

6.4.2: Learned resourcefulness

6.4.3: Physical exercise

6.4.4: Social support

6.4.5: Group cohesion

6.4.6: Humour

6.4.7: Relaxation

6.4.8: Sleep

6.4.9: Healthy diet

6.4.10: Religion

6.4.11: Treatment and therapy

6.4.12: Positive self-talk

6.4.13: Goal setting

6.4.14: Time management

6.5: Stress: Coping actively

Chapter 7: Personality and coping: Know thyself

the key

7.1: Background

7.2: Defining personality

7.3: Models of personality

7.3.1: The Five-Factor Model of Personality

7.3.1.1: Conscientiousness

7.3.1.2: Neuroticism

7.3.1.3: Agreeableness

7.3.1.4: Extraversion

7.3.1.5: Openness to experience

7.4: Personality and stress

7.5: Personality and coping

7.5.1: Optimism

7.5.2: Hardiness

7.5.3: Grit

7.6: Discovering the keys within

Chapter 8: Psychological resources and coping

8.1: Locus of control

8.2: Self-efficacy

8.3: Self-esteem

8.4: Sense of coherence

8.5: Resilience

8.6: Courage

8.7: Building up internal resources

Chapter 9: A model for coping with stress in the security industry

9.1: Developing the coping questionnaire

9.1.1: Feedback received from psychologists in private practice

9.2: Developing a model by determining the relationship between coping strategies and personality

9.3: Proposed model for dealing with stress in a high-stress security environment

9.4: Value of the stress management model

Chapter 10: The last word on stress and a way forward

10.1: Practical tips for coping with stress in a security environment

10.1.1: Practical tips for companies

10.1.2: Practical tips for individuals

10.2: Recommendations for the security industry

10.3: Recommendations for future research

10.4: A final word

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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1003520480

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