PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILING OF NEWLY RECRUITED FEMALE POLICE CONSTABLES IN RELATION WITH SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC PARAMETERS: A PRELIMINARY STUDY

Abstract

Purpose of Study The purpose of the study was to create the Psychological Profiling (PP) of 100 Newly Recruited Female Police Constables (NRFPC) and determine the association among selected psychological parameters with their sociodemographic parameters; i.e., age and highest educational qualifications. Material and Methods A total of 100 female recruits participated in the study. The PP was formulated by the observed frequencies for each psychological parameter. The dataset had violated the assumption of normal distribution (Shapiro Wilk p<0.05). Hence, the non-parametric test; Chi-square (χ2) test of independence was performed to determine the association among the selected psychological parameters and sociodemographic parameters (different age groups; Age Group Pre-Median (AGPRM) 18 – 23 years and Age Group Post-Median (AGPOM) 24 – 34 years, and different highest education qualifications; Under-Graduates (UG) and Post-Graduates (PG)). Effect sizes were calculated using Phi and Cramer’s V test. The Post hoc analysis, Mann-Whitney U test was applied to compare these groups and its effect sizes was determined by eta square (η2). Results The PP highlighted newly recruited female police constable, who fall in the category of severe aggression level (33 NRFPC), severe anxiety issues (12 NRFPC), low emotional intelligence (4 NRFPC), higher perceive stress (11 NRFPC), low self-esteem (8 NRFPC) and extremely dissatisfied with life (3 NRFPC). Although, the chi-square test of independence was failed to reject the null hypothesis (H01), hence no association among psychological parameters and sociodemographic parameters was established. The post hoc test rejects the null hypothesis (H02) and self-esteem was found significant (p = 0.03) when compared in UG and PG group, UG poses higher self-esteem with (1%) variability in mean rank. Conclusion the PP was a potential method to identify the personnel on the edge of the selected psychological parameters and self-esteem may vary in different levels of highest education groups.