The psychological needs, as measured by the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule, of a sample of 29 male county police personnel were compared to the EPPS needs of normative samples of males selected from the general population and college males. The police personnel differed significantly from general adult population males on 9 of the 15 EPPS needs and from college males on 7. The EPPS needs of Ss who had been involved in police work for more than 6 yr. were not different from those of Ss who had been involved in police work for less than 6 yr.
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