Becoming a police officer: Influential psychological factors

IF 0.8 4区心理学 Q4 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling Pub Date : 2020-03-17 DOI:10.1002/jip.1544

Yolanda Navarro-Abal, María José López-López, Juan Gómez-Salgado, José Antonio Climent-Rodríguez

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Abstract

Objective

To analyse the existing relationships between motivation, self-concept and family and social influence when choosing the profession of police officer.

Methods

Cross-sectional descriptive study, through intentional sampling, carried out using a protocol for collecting information from different socio-demographic variables, the Motivation scale and the Self-concept Form-5 questionnaire. The sample consisted of 258 local police officers from the Public Security School of Andalusia (Spain).

Results

The results showed an association between the influence of family and social environment and the different motivations (achievement, affiliation and power). On the other hand, between these motivations and the different dimensions of self-concept (working, social, emotional, family and physical).

Conclusions

The prevalence of motivation can be observed. Professional motivation, self-concept and family influence are relevant variables in relation to professional choice, efficacy and productivity in professional performance. In fact, a higher degree of family self-concept promotes power motivation to face life changes.

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成为一名警察:影响心理因素

目的分析警员职业选择动机、自我概念与家庭、社会影响的关系。方法采用横断面描述性研究，通过有意抽样，采用收集不同社会人口变量、动机量表和自我概念表-5问卷信息的方案。样本包括来自安达卢西亚公共安全学校(西班牙)的258名当地警察。结果家庭和社会环境的影响与不同动机(成就、归属和权力)之间存在关联。另一方面，这些动机与自我概念的不同维度(工作、社会、情感、家庭和身体)之间的关系。结论动机的普遍性是可以观察到的。职业动机、自我概念和家庭影响是影响职业选择、职业绩效效能和生产力的相关变量。事实上，较高程度的家庭自我概念促进了面对生活变化的权力动机。

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2.20

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10.00%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling (JIP-OP) is an international journal of behavioural science contributions to criminal and civil investigations, for researchers and practitioners, also exploring the legal and jurisprudential implications of psychological and related aspects of all forms of investigation. Investigative Psychology is rapidly developing worldwide. It is a newly established, interdisciplinary area of research and application, concerned with the systematic, scientific examination of all those aspects of psychology and the related behavioural and social sciences that may be relevant to criminal.