Personality and mental health changes throughout the course of university police training in Sweden
Abstract Police trainees have to be prepared for future job demands and challenges. Personality plays an important role in stress management. The first assessment of a longitudinal investigation was conducted among 103 Swedish police trainees to study their personality changes and mental...
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2019-01-01
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| author | Mehdi Ghazinour Mojgan Padyab Lars-Erik Lauritz Jörg Richter |
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Police trainees have to be prepared for future job demands and
challenges. Personality plays an important role in stress management.
The first assessment of a longitudinal investigation was conducted among
103 Swedish police trainees to study their personality changes and
mental health responses in first two weeks after intake. Fifty-two
of these trainees, who participated in the second assessment, were included
in the analysis. The Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) was
used to measure personality, and the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised
(SCL-90-R) was used to measure mental health. A multiple regression
analysis was performed with personality scores from the first assessment
as independent variables and SCL-90-R scores as dependent variables.
Over two years, minor changes were found in the police trainees’
personality characteristics, which seemingly fit the demands of
policing and are potentially valuable in the trainees’ future careers.
Personality characteristics are predictors of mental health at the
end of university training. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f9c467f3fa2e47fa9f95d061206ad96e2022-12-22T01:24:44ZdanScandinavian University Press (Universitetsforlaget)Nordisk Politiforskning1894-86932019-01-01672310.18261/issn.1894-8693-2019-01-0318948693Personality and mental health changes throughout the course of university police training in SwedenMehdi GhazinourMojgan PadyabLars-Erik LauritzJörg RichterAbstract Police trainees have to be prepared for future job demands and challenges. Personality plays an important role in stress management. The first assessment of a longitudinal investigation was conducted among 103 Swedish police trainees to study their personality changes and mental health responses in first two weeks after intake. Fifty-two of these trainees, who participated in the second assessment, were included in the analysis. The Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) was used to measure personality, and the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R) was used to measure mental health. A multiple regression analysis was performed with personality scores from the first assessment as independent variables and SCL-90-R scores as dependent variables. Over two years, minor changes were found in the police trainees’ personality characteristics, which seemingly fit the demands of policing and are potentially valuable in the trainees’ future careers. Personality characteristics are predictors of mental health at the end of university training.https://www.idunn.no/nordisk_politiforskning/2019/01/personality_and_mental_health_changes_throughout_the_coursePersonalityStress managementMental healthPolice traineeStressmanagementMentalhealth |
| spellingShingle | Mehdi Ghazinour Mojgan Padyab Lars-Erik Lauritz Jörg Richter Personality and mental health changes throughout the course of university police training in Sweden Nordisk Politiforskning Personality Stress management Mental health Police trainee Stressmanagement Mentalhealth |
| title | Personality and mental health changes throughout
the course of university police training in Sweden |
| title_full | Personality and mental health changes throughout
the course of university police training in Sweden |
| title_fullStr | Personality and mental health changes throughout
the course of university police training in Sweden |
| title_full_unstemmed | Personality and mental health changes throughout
the course of university police training in Sweden |
| title_short | Personality and mental health changes throughout
the course of university police training in Sweden |
| title_sort | personality and mental health changes throughout the course of university police training in sweden |
| topic | Personality Stress management Mental health Police trainee Stressmanagement Mentalhealth |
| url | https://www.idunn.no/nordisk_politiforskning/2019/01/personality_and_mental_health_changes_throughout_the_course |
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