The Coping of the Police officers under Police Provincial Region 5
Abstract
Wisamon Srisuttinan, Surin Sutthithatip, Rapin Chayvimol and Doldao Purananon
The Police job is one of the careers that have to cope with many daily problems. Theses stressful situation have resulted in physical and mental illness among the policemen in Thailand. This research aims to investigate 8 coping strategies used by the police officers under the Provincial Police Region 5. The questionnaire was used to collect data from 228 samples, including the police commanders and the police officers of the Provincial Police Region 5. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics such as, frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation. The hypotheses were test using One-way ANOVA. The finding revealed that, Problem solving strategy was mostly used by them. Followed by, Adjustment of thought strategy, and Social- support strategy, respectively. The hypothesis test revealed that the police officers with different marital status and work departments have significant difference in using coping strategies.