Personality and mental health : an investigation of South African police trainees

dc.contributor.authorDu Preez, E.D.
dc.contributor.authorCassimjee, Nafisa
dc.contributor.authorLauritz, L.E.
dc.contributor.authorGhazinour, M.
dc.contributor.authorRichter, J.
dc.date.accessioned2011-06-02T09:57:50Z
dc.date.available2011-06-02T09:57:50Z
dc.date.issued2011-02
dc.description.abstractThe relationship between personality and mental health was investigated in one cohort of police trainees at a South African Police Academy (1145 police recruits; 648 men, 497 women). Male trainees reported less somatisation, depression, anxiety, and phobic anxiety symptoms and lower harm avoidance as well as higher persistence than female trainees. A cluster analysis based on the personality scores was used to identify three clusters with personality profiles characterized as Vulnerable, Healthy, and Intermediate profiles. Sociodemographic variables and temperament and character domain scores contributed separately and differentially to the explanation of variance in mental health symptom scores. Selection tools should be developed to identify Vulnerable individuals in terms of personality characteristics during selection and prior to training, to prevent later problems with stress reactions. Additional training modules focusing on coping skills could possibly reduce vulnerability to stress in some trainees.en_US
dc.identifier.citationDu Preez, ED, Cassimjee, N, Lauritz, LE, Ghazinour, M & Richter, J 2011, 'Personality and mental health : an investigation of South African police trainees', Psychological Reports, vol. 108, no.1, pp. 301-316. [http://www.ammonsscientific.com/AmSci/ejournals.htm]en_US
dc.identifier.issn0033-2941
dc.identifier.other10.2466/02.09.1020.PRO.108.1.301-316
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/16691
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAmmons Scientificen_US
dc.rightsAmmons Scientific.en_US
dc.subjectPersonalityen_US
dc.subjectMental healthen_US
dc.subjectPolice traineesen_US
dc.subjectDepressionen_US
dc.subjectIntermediate profilesen_US
dc.subject.lcshSouth African Policeen
dc.subject.lcshPolice recruits -- South Africaen
dc.titlePersonality and mental health : an investigation of South African police traineesen_US
dc.typePostprint Articleen_US

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