PERSONALITY PATTERNS OF WHITE, BLACK, AND MEXICAN-AMERICAN PATROLMEN AS MEASURED BY THE SIXTEEN PERSONALITY FACTOR QUESTIONNAIRE

• NCJ Number: 31929
• Journal: American Journal of Community Psychology Volume: 3 Issue: 3 Dated: (SEPTEMBER 1975) Pages: 221-227
• Author(s): H M SNIBBE; J FABRICATORE; S P AZEN
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 7 pages
• Grant Number(s): 72-DF-09-0005
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; Los Angeles Cty Sheriff's Dept
• Corporate Author: Plenum Publishing Corp
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE SIXTEEN PERSONALITY FACTOR QUESTIONNAIRE WAS ADMINISTERED TO 461 LOS ANGELES PATROLMEN TO OBTAIN A NORMATIVE POLICE PROFILE.

Abstract

MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS REVEALED THAT THE AVERAGE PATROLMAN APPEARED BRIGHTER, MORE RESERVED, DOMINANT, AND TOUGHMINDED THAN THE AVERAGE MALE. COMPARISONS WERE MADE FOR 29 BLACK, 33 MEXICAN-AMERICAN, AND 399 WHITE OFFICERS. MEXICAN-AMERICAN OFFICERS EMERGED AS MORE CONSERVATIVE AND RELAXED THAN WHITES, WHILE BLACK OFFICERS APPEARED MORE EXPERIMENTAL, ANALYTICAL, AND GROUP-ORIENTED. A COMPARISON WITH AN INDEPENDENT POLICE SAMPLE REVEALED COMMON TRAITS OF SELF-ASSURANCE AND CONSERVATISM. RESULTS WERE COMPARED WITH A SOCIAL WORKERS' PROFILE AND DISCUSSED IN RELATION TO POLICE OFFICERS' ACTUAL JOB ACTIVITIES AND COMMUNITY NEEDS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)