Rasgos de personalidad y estrategias de afrontamiento en policías activos de la ciudad de Cuenca

Abstract

National Police personnel are faced with a series of situations that sometimes exceed their coping capacity, depending on their personality. The purpose of the study was: to describe the personality traits and coping strategies prevalent in the police of the city of Cuenca. The investigation had a quantitative approach of non-experimental type, cross-sectional and descriptive scope, the sample was 192 police. For the data collection, a sociodemographic file, Million Personality Style Inventory-MIPS (1997) and the COPE Questionnaire adapted by Crespo and Cruzado (1997), which assess coping strategies was used. The results establish that the predominant features are: systematization, conformity, sensation and openness. The coping strategies that prevail are: personal growth, positive reinterpretation and religion. It is concluded that the police are people organized with self-control and tend to act formally in social situations, while the predominant strategies are aimed at reducing or eliminating emotional reactions.