Abstract: Policing is dangerous work, and the danger lurks not on the streets alone. Law enforcement officials shall at all times fulfill the duty imposed on them by law, by serving the community and by protecting all persons against illegal acts, consistent with the high degree of responsibility required by their profession. Through various branches, the police play effective role in maintaining the rule of law and justice. The present investigation is an attempt to study Personality, Adjustment Behaviour and Emotional regulation of Recruit Police Constables. The sample consisted of 209 men police trainees from the police training camp at Malappuram District, Kerala. The study made use of the Scale of Type A behavior pattern (Asha, 1999) to assess the Type A and Type B personalities, Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (Gratz & Roemer, 2004 ) to find out high and low level of Emotion Regulation and Mathew’s Maladjustment Inventory (Mathew, 1975) to assess the Adjustment Behaviour. Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient were applied for analyzing the data. Result revealed that there is significant positive correlation between Type-A Behaviour Pattern and Maladjustment Behaviour, Type A Behaviour and Emotion Dis-regulation, and Emotion Dis-regulation and Maladjusted Behaviour at 0.01 significant level. That is., change in one variable make changes on the other one also in the same direction.
Keywords: Type A Personality, Emotion Regulation, Adjustment, Police trainees.
Title: PERSONALITY AND ADJUSTMENT IN RELATION TO EMOTION REGULATION AMONG RECRUIT POLICE TRAINEES
Author: Bayana Beevi. O.M.S, Jayan, C
International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations
ISSN 2348-1218 (print), ISSN 2348-1226 (online)
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