Creativity, change readiness and uncertainty tolerance in law enforcement officers

Liubov S.  Protsyk; Yuliia Y.  Boiko-Buzyl; Vyacheslav P.  Kazmirenko; Sofiia B.  Vlasenko; Olha V.  Davydova

doi:10.46925//rdluz.35.06

Liubov S. Protsyk Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5440-5826
Yuliia Y. Boiko-Buzyl Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1715-4327
Vyacheslav P. Kazmirenko Lviv State University of Internal Affairs https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3357-8517
Sofiia B. Vlasenko Legal Psychology National Academy of Internal Affairs https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3645-9599
Olha V. Davydova Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1349-3997

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46925//rdluz.35.06

Keywords: mental stress, creativity, police, motivation, psychological tests

Abstract

Change readiness is an important precondition for human activity and a component of the overall professional readiness. At the same time, an important component of a police officer’s personality is his/her creativity, which allows him/her to make decisions successfully and effectively in the changing and uncertain conditions of law enforcement services. The research aimed at establishing the correlation between the resilience of law enforcement officers to perform duties in unforeseen circumstances and their ability to be creative in this activity. The paper empirically examines the level of manifestation and correlation of creativity, change readiness and uncertainty tolerance in law enforcement officers. The study involved a set of diagnostic techniques for assessing the level of creativity, change readiness and uncertainty tolerance. Quantitative and qualitative methods of data processing were used. Strong correlations between indicators of creativity, change readiness and uncertainty tolerance were found in law enforcement officers. The prospect of further research is to clarify the correlation between creative solutions to occupational situations, change readiness and resilience, as well as other personal characteristics of law enforcement officers. This will help to outline a more holistic portrait of law enforcement officers and make their training more effective.

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Author Biographies

Liubov S. Protsyk, Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine

Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Researcher of Research Laboratory of Psychological Support, State Research Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Yuliia Y. Boiko-Buzyl, Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine

Doctor of psychological sciences, Associate Professor of Research Laboratory of Psychological Support, State Research Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Vyacheslav P. Kazmirenko, Lviv State University of Internal Affairs

Doctor of psychological sciences, Professor of Department of psychology of faculty of psychology of the Lviv State University of Internal Affairs, Lviv, Ukraine.

Sofiia B. Vlasenko, Legal Psychology National Academy of Internal Affairs

Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Senior Lecturer of Department of Legal Psychology National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Olha V. Davydova, Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine

Candidate of Psychological Sciences , Associate Professor of Research Laboratory of Psychological Support, State Research Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.

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