Coping Under Pressure: Examining the Link between Coping Strategies and Burnout among Police Officers in Haryana

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23492499

While on duty twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, the police must respond to and manage a variety of dangerous, unclear, and unpredictable situations. A sample of 101 police officers was used in the study. Data was gathered using standardized measures of coping (Hamby et al., 2013) and burnout (Maslach et al., 1996). The findings indicate a negative correlation between coping and burnout, with low levels of burnout being associated with greater coping use (r=−.22, p<.01). Nevertheless, there was no significant correlation found between coping and either depersonalization (r = −.02, p>.01) or personal achievement (r = −.01, p>.01), suggesting that these elements of burnout may be influenced by other factors. Based on these findings, it is recommended that interventions focusing on fostering positive coping styles be implemented to mitigate burnout among police officers.