The influence of the main strategies overcoming stress on professional activity of transport police officers

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of methods, one of which is coping behavior, allowing traffic police officers to effectively cope with the impact of stressors and predict possible solutions to problems. The subject of our study is the leading coping strategies in the behavior of traffic police officers. Purpose: to identify typical coping strategies of employees that allow them to overcome difficult life situations. Methodological basis: provisions on coping behavior developed in humanistic psychology; about the inherent desire of the individual to overcome stressful situations, thereby ensuring safety in professional activities. In the course of the study, a set of methods was used: theoretical analysis of the literature; a number of psychodiagnostic methodics (the test “Methods of coping behavior” by R. Lazarus, the test “Youthful coping scale” adapted by T.L. Kryukova), evidence processing method (Microsoft Office Excel, Statistica10). 70 respondents took part from departments of the transport police. Results of the work: in most cases, employees prefer adaptive copings: self-control, acceptance of responsibility, work/achievements that contribute to overcoming existing stressors, it has also been found that one coping can strengthen or weaken the effect of another. The results of the study can be taken into account when organizing personnel and psychological work with personnel, as well as used during working hours for the constructive distribution of personal resources. Scientific novelty: based on the analysis of information sources and the study, significant stressors are identified that affect the activities of transport police officers, which are distinguished by their specifics and conditions for performing tasks. And the identified strategies for coping with stress made it possible to establish the degree of influence on the professional activities of transport police officers who had not previously been studied in this vein. Conclusion: knowledge of the leading stress coping strategies will allow employees to act consciously in a stressful situation and independently regulate their behavior, taking into account their existing abilities and conditions imposed by external circumstances.