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THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILES OF POLICE OFFICERS (ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF THE APPLICATION OF THE “BIG FIVE” QUESTIONNAIRE)

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILES OF POLICE OFFICERS (ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF THE APPLICATION OF THE “BIG FIVE” QUESTIONNAIRE)

Abstract

Introduction. The article is devoted to the problems of studying and analyzing individual and personal psychological profiles of police officers, obtained on the basis of an experimental study using the Ukrainian-language psychodiagnostic technique "Big Five" adapted by the authors (John, O.P., Naumann, L.P., Soto, (2008). The results presented in the article contain a description of various types of individual-personal profiles, which are characterized as favorable, less favorable and unfavorable for official activity in the system of the National Police of Ukraine depending on typological features, specifics of leading trends, properties of thinking, communication, type of reaction to stress etc. Purpose. The purpose of this article is to highlight and analyze the main types of individual and personal profiles of police officers in order to provide psychologists of psychological support units with the opportunity to scientifically substantiate and quickly draw conclusions about the degree of psychological suitability of a candidate for service or for a position, as well as to carry out psychological counseling of working police officers in the direction of improvement and development of their professionally important individual characteristics. Methods., Statistical processing of the obtained empirical data was carried out using the standardized package of IBM SPSS Statistics 23.0 programs. The main research methods were: a) methods of analysis of scientific sources, b) psychological diagnostics, questionnaires and surveys, c) testing of National Police officers in order to obtain the results for men and women, expert evaluation (on the basis of the latter, the level of success of the police officer's professional activity was determined), d) statistical methods in order to determine the main psychometric characteristics of the adapted test (was carried out using the standardized package of IBM SPSS Statistics 23.0 programs). The quantitative indicator of the sample is representative (at a confidence level of probability of 0.95 with a theoretical statistical error of 0.05). Originality. For the first time in the article, on the basis of the survey of a representative sample of police officers using "Big Five" questionnaire, the main types of their individual psychological profiles were established, which make it possible to provide recommendations regarding the degree of psychological suitability of police officers for their activities and directions for further improvement of their own professionally important qualities. Conclusion. It is shown that twelve types of psychological profiles are typical for police officers interviewed, including approximately half of the employees have a sthenic type of response, a third have a mixed type, and a tenth have a hyposthenic type. Recommendations for psychologists are also presented regarding the comprehensive consideration of various combinations of scales when formulating a conclusion of professional suitability and establishing possible variants of maladjustment - hysterical, depressive, hypochondriac and other types of behavior. It is also shown that based on the results of this questionnaire, psychologists can make well-founded conclusions about the degree of a person's suitability for professional activity.

Стаття присвячена проблематиці вивчення й аналізу індивідуально-особистісних психологічних профілів працівників поліції, отриманих на основі багаторічного дослідження із застосуванням адаптованої авторами українськомовної психодіагностичної методики «Опитувальник Великої П’ятірки» (ОВП) (Джон, Науман, Сото, 2008). В статті представлені характеристики різних типів індивідуально-особистісних профілів, які характеризуються як сприятливі, менш сприятливі і несприятливі для службової діяльності поліцейських Національної поліції України. Успішність професійної діяльності залежить від типологічних особливостей людини, специфіки комбінацій провідних шкал ОВП (екстраверсії, нейротизму, відкритості, поступливості й сумлінності), які визначають характерологічні риси, особливості комунікації, мислення, тип реакції на стрес тощо. Показано, що більша частина з описаних профілів властива «успішним» поліцейським, які характеризуються високим рівнем психологічно придатності до службової діяльності, приблизно третина обстежених притаманна менш успішним поліцейським з проміжним рівнем психологічної придатності до діяльності, і лише незначна частка – «неуспішним» працівникам поліції, які демонструють низьким рівень психологічної готовності до службової діяльності. Дослідження підтвердило, що за результатами виконання цього опитувальника психологи можуть робити обґрунтовані висновки щодо ступеня придатності особи до професійної діяльності, а також щодо можливостей призначення поліцейських на посади та їх професійного розвитку.

Keywords

Опитувальник Великої П’ятірки, psychological fitness., індивідуальний психологічний профіль, police officer, individual psychological profile, психологічна придатність., працівник поліції

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