Burnout and coping among Bengaluru civil police and traffic police

Abstract

Police profession is considered one of the toughest professions in today’s world. This is because of the various tasks involved in it. Some of these tasks include trauma, human misery, pain and deviancy. Exposure to continuous stressors and sometimes life threatening situations may lead to Burnout.This study investigates Burnout and Coping among Civil Police and Traffic Police. The objective is to study Burnout among Civil Police and Traffic Police and Coping among Civil Police and Traffic Police. It was hypothesized that there is significant difference of Burnout between Civil Police and Traffic Police and there is significant difference of Coping between Civil Police and Traffic Police. This study utilized the Maslach Burnout Inventory - Human Services Survey to assess Burnout. The Ways of Coping questionnaire (COPE) developed by Susan Folkman and Richard S Lazarus was used to identify the different ways of coping. The sample for this study was drawn from thirty Civil Police and thirty Traffic Police in Bangalore. The statistics used were mean, standard deviation and t test. The statistical analysis performed showed that there is significant difference of Burnout between Civil Police and Traffic Police and that there is no significant difference of Coping between Civil Police and Traffic Police.