The Profile of Emotion Stability and Tend of Aggressive Behavior

at the Members of Dalmas Unit of Kepolisian Daerah Sumatera

Utara (Poldasu)

Raras Sutatminingsih

, Josetta M. R. Tuapattinaja

, Rodiatul Hasanah Siregar

Fakultas Psikologi, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Jl. Dr. Mansyur No. 7 Medan, Indonesia

Keywords: Emotional stability, aggressive behavioral tendencies, trait, demographic factors.

Abstract: This study aims to obtain a profile of emotional stability and tendency of aggressive behavior associated with

personal factors that influence it, namely trait and demographic factors of members of Kepolisian Daerah

Sumatera Utara (POLDASU). This research uses descriptive quantitative method, by conducting descriptive

statistical analysis in the form of mean, standard deviation, and cross tabulation contained in tables, charts or

graphs about the descriptiom of emotional stability, tendency of aggressive behavior, personal factors

influence it. The measurement tools used in this research are the scale of emotional stability, the scale of

aggressive behavior tendency, the scale of Big Five Inventory (BFI) and the life background questionnaire on

the member of Dalmas Unit of POLDASU. The results of this study are expected to be the basis for evaluating

and developing units of Dalmas POLDASU in order to carry out their duties and functions in accordance with

the fixed procedure of units of Dalmas contained in the Regulation of the Chief of Police of the Republic of

Indonesia at Police Number 16, 2006 Article 7 and also anticipate and prevent the occurrence of psychological

problems that can occur to members of the police unit of Dalmas.

1 INTRODUCTION

Tired, provoked, threatened, and protecting them

selves from the rampage of the masses are always

justified by the police force control unit behind the

violence he perpetrated. Mass control, hereinafter

referred to as Dalmas, is an activity undertaken by

Police of the Republic of Indonesia units (companies,

platoons) in order to deal with the mass of protesters

(Buana, 2017). In the Dalmas fixed procedure issued

by the Indonesian National Police, Dalmas are

preventive, not repressive. The facts on the ground

say something else. A lot of the action was marked by

clashes between demonstrators and police units that

controlled the masses (Dalmas) (“Menakar sikap,”

2008).

The cases of aggressive actions of units of

Dalmas against the demonstrators that have been

exposed are inconsistent with the Regulation of the

Head of the Police of the Republic of Indonesia im

Police Number 16 of 2006, Article 7 on the

prohibition of being conducted by the unit of Dalmas,

namely: 1) Be arrogant and hooked by the behavior

of the masses; 2) The use of force not in accordance

with the procedure; 3) Carrying equipment outside

Dalmas equipment; 4) Bring sharp weapons and live

ammunition; 5) Get out of the unit / formation bond

and perform individual pursuit of mass; 6) Backing

back to protesters masses; 7) Spoken obscenities,

sexual harassment/immoral acts, cursing protesters;

and 8) Perform other acts that violate the laws and

regulations. (“Peraturan Kepala,” 2006).

The task of police units Dalmas closely related

to the condition of emotional stability. Morgan (2005)

explains that emotional stability is a state of emotion

a person who when emotionally stimulated from the

outside does not show emotional disturbances such as

aggressive acts, or depression and anxiety. According

to Morgan (2005), there are differences in

psychological characteristics between individuals

who have stable and unstable emotions. Individuals

who have stable emotions have characteristics,

namely creative, productive, not easily anxious,

independent, high spirit, and efficient. In contrast,

individuals who have unstable emotions have the

Sutatminingsih, R., Tuapattinaja, J. and Siregar, R.

The Proﬁle of Emotion Stability and Tend of Aggressive Behavior at the Members of Dalmas Unit of Kepolisian Daerah Sumatera Utara (Poldasu).

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following characteristics: unproductive, easily

anxious, tense, frustrated, lacking caution, dependent

on others, lack of spirit, and inefficiency.

The results of Susanti's study (2007) indicate

that there is a positive relationship between emotional

intelligence and professionalism in police function of

Samapta; the higher the emotional intelligence of the

police the higher the professionalism, the lower the

emotional intelligence of the police will be the lower

the professionalism. These results provide

information to the police Samapta to improve

emotional intelligence, so as to improve

professionalism in the implementation of tasks.

The results of Yunis and Rahardjo's research

(2011) show that there is a very significant correlation

between emotional regulation with attitudes toward

the effectiveness of police officers of Purbalingga

Police Department. It is that the higher the emotional

regulation will be the better the attitude toward the

effectiveness of his work and the lower the regulation

of emotions will be the worse the attitude towards the

effectiveness of his work.

In addition, based on the phenomena that have

been described can be concluded that the

implementation of duties police units Dalmas can also

trigger them to behave aggressively. Understanding

aggressive behavior described by Myers (2002) and

Buss and Perry (in Reyna, Lello, Sanchez, and

Brussino, 2011) focuses on behaviors that harm or

injure and harm others, physically, verbally, or

psychologically.

Buss and Perry (in Reyna, Lello, Sanchez, and

Brussino, 2011) argue that in general aggressive

behavior is influenced by two main factors, namely

personal factors and situational factors. Personal

factors include the innate character of the individual

that determines the individual's reaction when faced

with a particular situation. Meanwhile, situational

factors include features or things that occur in the

environment that also affect the individual's reaction

to an event. The description of the emotional

problems experienced by the police officers is

supported by the results of the research.

Pribadi, Fitrianti, Irfani, Rini, and Zulkaida

(2007) conducted research on the form of aggressive

behavior in traffic police terminal Blok M. The results

showed that there were some forms of aggressive

behavior of respondents; (hitting body or windshield

car, kicking car body), verbal (cursing, yelling,

scolding) and nonverbal (putting on a fierce /

unfriendly face). In addition, it can also be concluded

that the density/congestion factor, air quality, and

terminal users are not orderly often trigger aggressive

behavior of respondents.

The results of qualitative descriptive research on

members of the police conducted by Hutahaean

(2015) illustrate that uniforms, rank and firearms give

effect that can form a particular psychological state

when owning and using it, especially the influence on

the emotional state. The work process carried out by

the police often confronts him with very heavy

pressure (stressfull), that is dangerous situations,

violent rioting (Gudjonsson and Adlam in Hutahaean,

2015), traumatic experiences, frustrations and other

negative things. Not to mention long working hours,

less time to rest, also contributed to pressure on police

work (Swatt, Gibson and Piquero in Hutahaean

2015).

Based on the phenomena that have been

described above, it can be concluded that the unit of

Dalmas has the opportunity to commit violations of

Dalmas fixe procedure as regulated in the Regulation

of the Chief of Police of the Republic of Indonesia in

Police Number 16 of 2006 Article 7. In the execution

of its duties, the unit of Dalmas still has the possibility

of physical and psychic clash between the units of

Dalmas and the mass of demonstrators. Therefore,

researchers consider it important to understand how

emotional stability profiles and aggressive behavior

trends in members of the Kepolisian Daerah Sumatera

Utara (POLDASU) unit, which in turn can be a basis

for making efforts on prevention and development on

aspects of emotional stability and tendency of

aggressive behavior so that these problems are not it

happens again. In this case the researcher perform

profiling emotional stability, tendency of aggressive

behavior and personal factors that is trait and

demographic factors that influence the tendency of

aggressive behavior in Kepolisian Daerah Sumatera

Utara (POLDASU) units.

The results of this profiling will illustrate the

conditions of emotional stability, the tendency of

aggressive behavior and personal factors, namely trait

and demographic factors that influence the tendency

of aggressive behavior possessed by Dalmas unit in

Kepolisian Daerah Sumatera Utara (POLDASU)

which becomes the basis for evaluating and

developing units of Dalmas units in Kepolisian

Daerah Sumatera Utara (POLDASU)in order not to

behave aggressively and can perform its function in

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accordance with the Protocol of the Regulation of the

Chief of Police of the Republic of Indonesia and to

anticipate and prevent the occurrence of

psychological problems that may occur to members

of the Dalmas police unit. In addition, by

understanding the profile of emotional stability and

the tendency toward aggressive behavior in members

of the Kepolisian Daerah Sumatera Utara

(POLDASU) group, researchers will be able to

criticize the emotional stability theory of Schneider

(in Saebani, 2003) and the aggressive behavioral

tendencies of Buss and Perry (in Reyna, Lello,

Sanchez , and Brussino, 2011.

2 METHOD

The variables in this study are emotional stability,

tendency of aggressive behavior and trait as a

personal factor affecting the tendency of aggressive

behavior on the member of Dalmas unit of Kepolisian

Daerah Sumatera Utara. This research uses

quantitative descriptive method is a form of research

based on data collected during the systematic study of

the facts and properties of the object under study, then

interpreted based on theories and the literature-

literature. In this study, this method aims to provide

an overview, in this case is the emotional stability, the

tendency of aggressive behavior and personal factors,

namely trait and demographic factors that influence

the tendency of aggressive behavior in the Dalmas of

Kepolisian Daerah Sumatera Utara (POLDASU)

member unit.

The technique used to collect data in this research

is questionnaire. To measure the emotional stability,

the tendency of aggressive behavior and trait as a

personal factor affecting the tendency of aggressive

behavior in members of Dalmas unit of Kepolisian

Daerah Sumatera Utara, the researcher compiled the

questionnaire item as the main instrument, namely

Life Background Questionnaire, Emotional Stability

Scale that is based on Schneider's theory, Aggressive

Behavioral Scale Scale that is based on Buss and

Perry's theories, Big Five Inventory Scale (BFI) that

is based McCrae and Costa theory.

Data analysis techniques in this study using

quantitative descriptive analysis techniques.

According to Arikunto (2016), quantitative research

of non-experimental data analysis can be done using

statistical formulas, can also be simple statistics in the

form of average, standard deviation, cross tabulation,

and presented in the form of tables, charts or graphs.

3 CONCLUSIONS

This profiling will illustrate the conditions of

emotional stability, the tendency of aggressive

behavior and personal factors, namely trait and

demographic factors that influence the tendency of

aggressive behavior possessed by Dalmas unit in

Kepolisian Daerah Sumatera Utara (POLDASU)

which becomes the basis for evaluating and

developing units of Dalmas units in Kepolisian

Daerah Sumatera Utara (POLDASU)in order not to

behave aggressively and can perform its function in

accordance with the Protocol of the Regulation of the

Chief of Police of the Republic of Indonesia and to

anticipate and prevent the occurrence of

psychological problems that may occur to members

of the Dalmas police unit. In addition, by

understanding the profile of emotional stability and

the tendency toward aggressive behavior in members

of the Kepolisian Daerah Sumatera Utara

(POLDASU) group, researchers will be able to

criticize the emotional stability theory of Schneider

(in Saebani, 2003) and the aggressive behavioral

tendencies of Buss and Perry (in Reyna, Lello,

Sanchez , and Brussino, 2011).

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