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Based on this, this study developed and tested a mediation model that accounts for the work\u2013family conflict (WFC) in the relationship between work\u2013family boundary segmentation and well-being (i.e., burnout and engagement). A sample of 291 police officers from Portugal was used, and the hypotheses were tested by using structural equation modeling methods implemented with Mplus. The results indicated that over nonstandard work schedules and unpredictable working hours, family\u2013work segmentation was negatively related to WFC, and work\u2013family segmentation was negatively related to family-to-work conflict. Moreover, WFC fully mediated the relationship between segmentation and engagement but only partially mediated the relationship between segmentation and burnout. Conversely, family-to-work conflict fully mediated the relationship between segmentation and burnout but was not related to engagement. Such results suggest that the occupational health of these professionals is interdependent on their opportunity to enact the segmentation strategy to manage the boundary between work and family domains. In terms of its practical implications, this study sheds light on the environmental conditions of police officers that can foster and sustain their well-being.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/su152416940","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,12,18]],"date-time":"2023-12-18T08:55:29Z","timestamp":1702889729000},"page":"16940","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["\u201cLines Demarked\u201d: A Way to Foster Occupational Health in Police Officers"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1414-8773","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"V\u00e2nia Sofia","family":"Carvalho","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"CICPSI, Faculdade de Psicologia, Universidade de Lisboa, 1640-013 Lisbon, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6588-7034","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Maria Jos\u00e9","family":"Chambel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CICPSI, Faculdade de Psicologia, Universidade de Lisboa, 1640-013 Lisbon, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Beatriz","family":"Marta","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CICPSI, Faculdade de Psicologia, Universidade de Lisboa, 1640-013 Lisbon, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,12,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"237","DOI":"10.1348\/096317908X401723","article-title":"Job demands, work-family conflict, and emotional exhaustion in police officers: A longitudinal test of competing theories","volume":"83","author":"Hall","year":"2010","journal-title":"J. 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