Police officers experience multiple operational, organisational, and contextual stressors, which impact wellbeing and have significant repercussions for the economy and public safety. However, officers often feel unable to seek psychological help. Quantitative research has investigated over 100 potential correlates and predictors of police help-seeking attitudes, but most variables have been examined only once, or results are inconsistent across studies. The current cross-sectional study investigated the role of current psychological distress, mental health literacy, distress disclosure, organisational stigma, and length of service as predictors of help-seeking attitudes in one UK police force. Ninety-seven officers completed an online survey. Multiple regression analyses indicated that all variables except length of service were significant predictors of police help-seeking attitudes, with distress disclosure having the largest effect. The current findings are broadly consistent with existing literature. The high proportion of variance explained by the predictors suggests that it may be worth researching interventions which target mental health literacy, distress disclosure, and organisational stigma. Moreover, the finding that participants experiencing greater distress were less likely to seek help highlights the importance of organisational proactivity to ensure police officers access psychological support.

警察面临着多种行动、组织和环境压力，这些压力会影响他们的福祉，并对经济和公共安全产生重大影响。然而，警官常常感到无法寻求心理帮助。定量研究调查了 100 多个与警察寻求帮助态度相关的潜在因素和预测因素，但大多数变量只检查过一次，或者不同研究的结果不一致。目前的横断面研究调查了当前心理困扰、心理健康素养、困扰披露、组织耻辱和服务年限作为英国一支警察部队寻求帮助态度的预测因素的作用。九十七名警官完成了在线调查。多元回归分析表明，除服务年限外的所有变量都是警察寻求帮助态度的重要预测因素，其中遇险披露的影响最大。目前的研究结果与现有文献大致一致。预测变量解释的高比例方差表明，针对心理健康素养、痛苦披露和组织耻辱的干预措施可能值得研究。此外，发现经历更大痛苦的参与者不太可能寻求帮助，这凸显了组织主动行动以确保警察获得心理支持的重要性。