POLICE EXECUTIVE IN-SERVICE TRAINING AND ITS EFFECT ON SELECTED PERSONALITY TRAITS - A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS (PART 1)

• NCJ Number: 10506
• Journal: POLICE LAW QUARTERLY Volume: 2 Issue: 3 Dated: (APRIL 1973) Pages: 14-27
• Author(s): C L NEWMAN; B R PRICE
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 14 pages
• Corporate Author: IIT Research Institute
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

POLICE EXECUTIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS AS MEASURED BY A PERSONALITY INVENTORY ADMINISTERED AT THE BEGINNING AND END OF IN-SERVICE EXECUTIVE AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING.

Abstract

LEADERSHIP TRAINING OF MEN, ALREADY POSSESSING VARYING LEVELS OF LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE PRIOR TO TRAINING, COULD EFFECTIVELY DECREASE SADISM TENDENCIES AND AT THE SAME TIME INCREASE VERBAL AGGRESSION, THE DRIVE FOR ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL, AND THE INITIATIVE LEVEL. FURTHER, THE POLICE EXECUTIVES AS A GROUP EXHIBITED GREATER SOCIAL CONFORMITY, GREATER SUBMISSIVENESS TO AUTHORITY, AND GREATER INITIATIVE THAN THE GENERAL POPULATION. AT THE SAME TIME, THEY EXHIBITED LOWER LEVELS OF SADISM AND CREATIVITY THAN THE GENERAL POPULATION. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED).