SENSE OF COHERENCE AMONG POLICE OFFICERS AND THEIR SELF-ESTEEM
In addition to professional competencies and high moral standards, police service requires officers to maintain good health and strong resilience to stress, which – when chronic – can be detrimental to the health and reduce professional performance (Klonowska, 2018; Bera, 2021). A sense of coherence...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Polish |
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Ministry of Justice (Poland)
2025-06-01
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| Series: | Probacja |
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| Online Access: | http://probacja.com/gicid/01.3001.0055.1506 |
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| Summary: | In addition to professional competencies and high moral standards, police service requires officers to maintain good health and strong resilience to stress, which – when chronic – can be detrimental to the health and reduce professional performance (Klonowska, 2018; Bera, 2021). A sense of coherence is a key factor in health, as it reflects resilience resources that include, among other things, self-esteem. This, in turn, enables the effective reduction of the impact of stressors – demanding situations that create tension and for which police officers may lack ready or automatic adaptation responses (see Antonovsky, 1987; Pasikowski, 2001; Heszen, Sęk, 2007). Based on these premises, the goal of this study was to empirically examine the relationship between police officers’ sense of coherence and their self-esteem, the latter constituting one of the central components of resilience resources. The findings confirmed statistically significant relationships between the variables under study. Specifically, as officers’ self-esteem increases – that is, their belief in their own competencies and ability to act effectively – their sense of coherence also rises. |
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| ISSN: | 1689-6122 |