Research note – an exploratory study of the association of burnout and life satisfaction among Indian police officers

The well-being of police officers is important, and life satisfaction is a salient aspect of that well-being. Policing is a demanding occupation, and job burnout is a very real possibility. The current study explored how the burnout dimensions of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and a reduced sense of personal accomplishment at work were related to the life satisfaction of police officers. The data came from 827 officers working in the Rohtak and Sonipat districts in the State of Haryana in India. OLS regression analysis indicated that emotional exhaustion and a reduced sense of personal accomplishment at work had significant associations with lower life satisfaction; however, depersonalization’s association was nonsignificant. Reducing the incidence of job burnout and improving life satisfaction in police officers should be goals.