EXPERIMENTAL SUBSTANTIATION OF ATTRIBUTIONAL STYLE IN TRAFFIC POLICE OFFICERS’ BEHAVIOR

<p class="x-----------" xml:lang="en-US">The article prepared for the ‘Psychological and Methodological Aspects of Professional Personnel Training at Internal Affairs Bodies of the Russian Federation’ scholar tradition looks at the applied aspect of handling security issues...

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Main Author: Olga Vladimirovna Merkusheva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Science and Innovation Center Publishing House 2016-02-01
Series:Sovremennye Issledovaniâ Socialʹnyh Problem
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Online Access:http://journal-s.org/index.php/sisp/article/view/8312
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Summary:<p class="x-----------" xml:lang="en-US">The article prepared for the ‘Psychological and Methodological Aspects of Professional Personnel Training at Internal Affairs Bodies of the Russian Federation’ scholar tradition looks at the applied aspect of handling security issues by traffic police officers. It presents the results of empirical study of the employees’ psychological characteristics conducted to substantiate their attributional style, which determines the specific character as well as the qua-lity and reliability of traffic police officers’ performance. Traffic police officers’ attributional style of behavior is researched with the help of attributional cognitive techniques for hazard phenomena detection as well as social perception and attribution technique and is viewed as the most stable entity, which reflects the employee’s personal and professional focus.</p><p class="x-----------" xml:lang="en-US"><span class="char-style-override-1">Goal:</span> to provide empirical substantiation of attributional style in traffic police officers’ behavior as an integral personality characteristic that ensures timely detection of hazard phenomena.</p>
ISSN:2218-7405