| The purpose of the this research is to explore the effects and influence social support systems have on Law Enforcement Officers' (LEO) willingness to report suicide ideations. In addition, the study looks at how emotional labor influences LEOs reporting suicide ideations. The measuring instruments used in this study included the Emotional Labor Scale (ELS) and the Perceived Support of Suicide Ideation Scale. The findings provide better insight as to what types of social support predict LEOs' likelihood to report their suicide ideations. Results indicated that there were no significant effects of an LEO's perception of the influence of significant others, peers, and department administration. A separate analysis focused solely on aspects of social support (significant other support, peer support, and departmental support) and reporting suicide ideation showed social support significantly predicted the likelihood to report suicidal ideation, R = .634, R2 = .402, F(3, 21) = 4.709, p = .011. Evaluation of each type of social support measured revealed that only departmental support significantly predicted likelihood to report suicidal ideation (beta = 0.833, p = .002). |
