South Africa’s High-Stress Security Environment

Keys to Coping
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-85918-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 137 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 250 g

Reihe: Routledge/UNISA Press Series

This book presents valuable insights into the realities faced by security personnel as they deal with life-threatening situations in a high-stress security environment. The causes and consequences of stress are explored, followed by a comprehensive discussion of coping strategies and the negative consequences of not being able to cope effectively. In this book, a scientifically tested accessible model is also developed, which provides a visual overview of the stress management process and captures the flow between stressors, personality, and coping strategies.

South Africa's High-Stress Security Environment is a helpful guide for anyone who wants to gain a wider understanding and appreciation of the challenges and the courage of security personnel – which we often take for granted.

Print edition not for sale in Sub Saharan Africa.

Zielgruppe

General and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schoeman, Gerhard

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Angewandte Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie Emotion, Motivation, Handlung
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Psychopathologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of figures, tables and photos

Foreword

Preface

1. Introduction

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

3. The security industry in South Africa

4. Understanding stress

5. Stress at work and how it impacts on us

6. Dealing with stress

7. Personality and coping: Know thyself – the key

8. Psychological resources and coping

9. A model for coping with stress in the security industry

10. The last word on stress and a way forward

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Gerhard Schoeman is a registered industrial psychologist in private practice with over three decades of experience. Having served in the South African Military Health Services, he has advised specialist groups such as VIP Protectors, the South African Air Force Task Force, OPS Medics and Nursing Staff on how to cope with stress. His experience includes consultation work for private security organisations within South Africa as well as for the Royal Swedish Airforce.