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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Main Author: Ryszard Bera
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Language:Polish
Published: Ministry of Justice (Poland) 2025-06-01
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Online Access:http://probacja.com/gicid/01.3001.0055.1506
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description 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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spelling doaj-art-b8a59acc693e43d595a549311fbb06d02025-08-20T03:58:35ZpolMinistry of Justice (Poland)Probacja1689-61222025-06-012133510.5604/01.3001.0055.150601.3001.0055.1506SENSE OF COHERENCE AMONG POLICE OFFICERS AND THEIR SELF-ESTEEMRyszard Bera0Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej w LublinieIn 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.http://probacja.com/gicid/01.3001.0055.1506police officerhealthstressresilience resourcesself-esteem
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title SENSE OF COHERENCE AMONG POLICE OFFICERS AND THEIR SELF-ESTEEM
title_full SENSE OF COHERENCE AMONG POLICE OFFICERS AND THEIR SELF-ESTEEM
title_fullStr SENSE OF COHERENCE AMONG POLICE OFFICERS AND THEIR SELF-ESTEEM
title_full_unstemmed SENSE OF COHERENCE AMONG POLICE OFFICERS AND THEIR SELF-ESTEEM
title_short SENSE OF COHERENCE AMONG POLICE OFFICERS AND THEIR SELF-ESTEEM
title_sort sense of coherence among police officers and their self esteem
topic police officer
health
stress
resilience resources
self-esteem
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