Psychological Analysis of Emotional Intelligence In Law Enforcement Officers (Case of Police Officers)

Emotional intelligence; helps individuals to know themselves, achieve their goals, be aware of their emotions, enjoy life, motivate, empathize, think constructively, manage their relationships with other individuals, and make healthy and conscious decisions. In the work of law enforcement officers, emotional intelligence emerges as a type of intelligence that manifests itself in problem solving and interpersonal relationships. Stable cognitive logical intelligence levels of employees during service activities, that is, high "IQ" levels are not enough to say that those individuals will be successful, their intelligence levels covering personal, emotional, social and life-related dimensions prove themselves in a number of cases. In this article, the factor of emotional intelligence of police officers was analyzed, literature samples on this topic were examined, as well as the "Emotional intelligence evaluation test" authored by D. Goleman and the sample for measuring stress indicators ("Percieved stress scale") were translated and tested. The test results were calculated using the SPSS program and compared based on sociodemographic factors. Research participants were determined by random sampling among those who applied for examination and treatment at the hospital named after A. Heydarov, Ministry of Internal Affairs. Based on the theoretical and research materials of the article, appropriate recommendations were made to the employees working in this service, as well as to the researchers.