The Effectiveness of Emotion-Focused Training (EFT) on Job Stress, Quality of Work Life, Job Satisfaction and Resilience in Police Officers

The present research investigates the effectiveness of EFT emotion-focused training on job stress, quality of work life, job satisfaction and resilience in police officers. In this research, an experimental method with a pre-test and post-test design was used. The statistical population of research was the entire police force working in Kermanshah police stations. All of the statistical population responded to the SPIO and SPOKAN job stress questionnaires and 50 people who got the highest scores were selected as the sample and randomly divided into two groups, the experimental and control, each of 25 persons. During the pre-test and post-test phases, participants answered the SPIO and SPOKAN job stress questionnaires, Walton’s quality of work life, job satisfaction, and Conor’s and Davidson’s resilience questionnaires. The experimental group received the EFT emotion-focused therapy training for 9 sessions of 2 hours, and the control group did not receive any treatment. The results of the research with covariance analysis showed that EFT emotion-focused training has a positive and significant effect on reducing job stress, and increasing the quality of work life, job satisfaction and resilience. The research showed that EFT emotion-focused training can be a beneficial training method to improve police officers’ mental health