Hardiness and personal characteristics of employees of internal affairs bodies with different service experience

Relevance. The article is devoted to the review of the results of the study of hardiness, as one of the most important personal and professional qualities and personal characteristics of law enforcement officers with different length of service. The conducted research makes it possible to study how the hardiness and personal qualities of employees change as the length of service increases, to improve psychological work, focusing on the identified negative changes.
Intention. The purpose of this study is to investigate the hardiness and personal characteristics of law enforcement officers with different length of service.
Methodology. There are three groups of employees: group 1 with service experience up to 1 year, group 2 with service experience from 1 to 5 years, and group 3 with service experience over 5 years. Object. Study of hardiness and personal characteristics of law enforcement officers using S. Maddy’s hardiness tests, adapted by D.A. Leontiev and E.I. Narrative and modified individual typological questionnaire L.N. Sobchik.
Results and Discussion. On the basis of a comparative analysis, significant differences in the indicators of hardiness and personal characteristics of law enforcement officers in the selected groups by length of service were revealed. There is an increase in resilience when employees reach more than 1 year of service, the formation of independence, stoic and personal qualities in them with a decrease in sensitivity and ability to empathize, conformity, an increase in aggressiveness, indicating the formation of signs of professional deformation and professional burnout.
Conclusion. The results obtained allow us to conduct more purposeful psychological work with law enforcement officers with different length of service, taking into account changes in their resilience and personal qualities.

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