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

Abstract

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.