Individual differences in police dog handlers

• Authors: Tadeusz Kaleta , Wojciech Pisula , Katarzyna Fiszdon , Piotr Kondrakiewicz
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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The Polish adaptation of the NEO-FFI inventory (see Costa & McCrea, 1989; 1992b; Zawadzki et al. 2007) was used in the present study to assess the personality of dog handlers. For diagnosis of the emotional intelligence, the Polish scale Popular Questionnaire of Emotional Intelligence was used (Jaworowska & Matczak, 2005). There were 601 participants out of the total estimated number of 1408 police dog handlers in Poland. The results were compared with normalization tests for the measures used. The personality profile and emotional intelligence of dog handlers differ significantly from general population. Described in the NEO-FFI terms, police dog handlers are characterized by very low neuroticism, slightly above average extraversion, slightly below average openness to experience, a little above average agreeableness, and very high conscientiousness. In terms of emotional intelligence, they demonstrate higher control and understanding of emotions. It seems that the results obtained in the study may become relevant for the recruitment and training of police officers.

Keywords

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individual differences; police dog handlers; personality inventory; emotional intelligence

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Polish Psychological Bulletin
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 42
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 52-55

Contributors

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Tadeusz Kaleta

• Department of Animal Genetics, Faculty of Animal Science, University of Life Sciences-SGGW, 02-786 Warsaw, ul. Ciszewskiego 8

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Wojciech Pisula

• Institute of Psychology, PAS, Pl. Defilad 1, mail box #51, 00-901 Warsaw

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Katarzyna Fiszdon

• Department of Animal Genetics, Faculty of Animal Science, University of Life Sciences-SGGW, 02-786 Warsaw, ul. Ciszewskiego 8

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Piotr Kondrakiewicz

• Central Forensic Laboratory, National Police Headquarters, 00-583 Warsaw, ul. Aleje Ujazdowskie 7

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10059-011-0008-8