The American Psychological Association (APA) defines three different levels of stress: Acute Stress, Episodic acute stress, and Chronic stress (APA, 2016). Acute stress is the most common of all. In regards to a Law Enforcement environment, atypical work shifts and high risk situations to the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder; the environment that police officers place themselves in take a psychological and physical toll on them and their spouses. Studies have revealed that law enforcement work often carries over to home life. In time, police officer marriages begin to succumb to the effects of the environment (Bickel, 2013; Bond, 2014). For future candidates entering into law enforcement without conducting research on the inherent
