Psychological general well-being in relation with emotional intelligence among police personnel

Page: 341-343

Nalini Malhotra and Kuldeep Singh (Department of Psychology, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab)

Emotion is a genuine and crucial component of work in every day’s life. The appropriate use of emotional intelligence in the workplace is considered as an influential factor in organizational effectiveness. Policing is one of the few professionals that are responsible for maintaining of law and order. The success of Police organization depends to a large extent on Police Personnel’s emotional characteristics and well-being. Policing requires the applications of psychological principles, viz., mastering of emotion and emotional intellectual ability in dealing with the members of public. Investigating the Psychological General Well-Being of Police Personnel is worth studying, not only to understand “optimal functioning”, but also to foster the Police Personnel entire physical & mental health. The present study attempts to investigate the Psychological General Well-Being of Police Personnel in relation with Emotional Intelligence. It was hypothesized that Emotional Intelligence would be positively correlated with the Psychological General Well-Being of Police Personnel. The sample comprised 114 Police Personnel drawn from Punjab Police Academy, Phillaur, Punjab. The standardized tools selected for the study included Psychological General Well-Being scale (Dupuy, 2003) and Emotional Intelligence Scale (Hyde, Pethe, & Dhar, 2002). The result revealed that the Emotional Intelligence was found to be significantly and positively correlated with the Psychological General Well-Being of Police Personnel. Regression Analysis reveals that Emotional Intelligence accounted for 47% of variance in Psychological general well-being of Police personnel. Further, implications for present study were discussed focusing on the need of emotional intelligence training programs in future for Police Personnel.