Research Article | Open Access
Emotional state of police personnel in times of pandemic
Jessica Paola Palacios Garay1 Ulises Córdova García 2 José Ernesto Sánchez Morales3 Mitchel Alberto Alarcón Diaz 4 Fidel Tadeo Soria Cuellar5
Pages: 533-541
Abstract
The emotional state of the police personnel working in this emergency situation has
led to situations of emotional instability at the individual, family and work levels. This
study aims to analyze the emotional state of four police officers who provide security
and patrol services in a state of health emergency by COVID-19; they were
interviewed in a semi-structured manner. For this study, the qualitative
phenomenological design approach was used. The results show that the participants
present emotional difficulties such as fear, anxiety, depression, melancholy and
stress due to their risk exposure to the state of health emergency.
Keywords
emotional state, health emergency, emotional instability police