Psychological Capital as a Predictor of Well-Being among Police Personnel

Well-being is a multifaceted construct which includes all the ways in which people experience and evaluate their lives positively. There are certain needs and qualities that are essential for one’s psychological growth and development. The fulfillment of these needs enables a person to reach their full potential. The highly positive beliefs about one’s future, oneself and one’s ability to control outcomes might be important hallmarks of mental health. The psychological capital is an individual’s positive psychological state of development that characterized by having confidence to take on and put necessary efforts to deal with challenging tasks, making a positive attribution, persevering towards goal and bouncing back in adverse conditions to attain success. It can be thought of as a mental tool that helps individuals deal through demanding and difficult circumstances. Psychological capital as a whole has been found to have a profound impact on well-being. The present study is designed to examinethe relationship between psychological capital and well-being, and contribution of psychological capital in well-being among police personnel. A sample of 200 police personnel was assessed on thepsychological capital questionnaire(Luthans et al.,2007) and general wellbeing scale (Chauhan, 2015). Results revealed that the measures of psychological capitalhave significantly positive correlation with the measures of general well-being.Multiple regression analysis indicated that psychological capital contributes substantially(R2 =.233) in well-beingamong police personnel.