Abstract

The prison officer profession is particularly exposed to numerous risk factors for individual and organizational well-being. Adopting the theoretical perspective of the Job Demands-Resources model, the objective of the study was to assess and investigate the relationships between job demands (i.e., workload), job resources (i.e., colleagues’ support) and personal resources (i.e., job crafting), organizational well-being (i.e., work engagement, satisfaction, and burnout) and individual well-being (i.e., anxiety, depression, and suicidal risk) in 39 Italian prison officers. Results of a non-parametric correlational analysis highlighted the role of job demands and resources in contributing to organizational well-being outcomes, in addition to the strong interdependencies between organi-zational and individual well-being factors. The practical implications of the study aimed to promote the implementation of interventions to support officers’ well-being through a careful management of job demands and resources