THE MENTAL HEALTH STATUS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS

Abstract

This study aims to determine the mental health status of 
law enforcement personnel and to develop proposals and 
recommendations based on the findings. Data collection was 
conducted using the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) to assess 
burnout, the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21), and 
the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC-25), alongside 
individual interviews and documentary analysis. A total of 1,500 
personnel participated in the study, comprising 59.8% (n=898) from 
the General Authority for Court Decision Execution, 37.2% (n=558) 
from the National Police Agency of Mongolia, and 3% (n=44) from 
the Association of Mongolian Advocates. The independent variables 
of the study were age, gender, years of service, education level, place 
of residence, and organizational affiliation, while the dependent 
variables were burnout, depression, anxiety, stress, and 
psychological resilience. In processing the quantitative results, 
Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis H, 
Regression, and Correlation analyses were utilized. For the 
qualitative results, similarity analysis, case analysis, and 
documentary analysis methods were employed. The study results 
indicated that burnout is positively correlated with levels of 
depression, anxiety, and stress, whereas the specific burnout 
dimensions of occupational emotional exhaustion and the sense of 
personal accomplishment demonstrated a positive correlation with 
psychological resilience. Furthermore, a significant negative 
correlation was identified between psychological resilience and the 
collective levels of depression, anxiety, and stress. The findings 
reveal that the primary drivers of psychological distress among 
employees are systemic issues such as organizational instability and 
negative social attitudes, which underscores a critical necessity to 
ensure professional stability through the simultaneous development 
of individual coping capacities and the strengthening of 
organizational culture.