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Extreme Psychology and Personal Safety
2025. Vol. 2, no. 4, 86–101
doi:10.17759/epps.2025020406
ISSN: 3034-3666 (online)

Negative psychological states among psychologists-consultants of law enforcement agencies working remotely

 
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Abstract

Context and relevance. The current realities of the work of law enforcement agencies psychologists-consultants who work in a remote format are characterized by significant psychological stress and a high level of professional tension. As a result, there is a high risk of developing negative psychological states that affect the personal and professional well-being of the consultants. Objective: to identify the characteristics of negative psychological states in military psychologists-consultants who work in a remote format, and to develop suggestions for the psychological prevention of these states. Hypotheses. 1) Psychologists working in the remote format for law enforcement agencies experience severe negative psychological conditions, such as professional burnout, aggression, anxiety, depression, secondary traumatization, and distress. 2) These negative psychological states have a negative impact on the satisfaction of military psychologists with their professional activities. Methods and materials. The study involved 36 military psychologists (30 women and 6 men). The test battery included the Maslach Burnout Inventory, the ProQOL Scale (B. Stamm), A. Bass and M. Perry's Aggression Questionnaire, PSM-25 Psychological Stress Scale, and SCL-90 Symptom Checklist. Results. The results showed that working under high emotional stress and in emergency situations leads to significant changes in the psychoemotional state of employees. Conclusions. Psychologists-consultants of law enforcement agencies working in a remote format, compared to their colleagues carrying out activities of a different plan, have more pronounced negative psychological states (symptoms of secondary traumatization, professional burnout, aggressiveness, anxiety, depression). These negative psychological states have a negative effect on the satisfaction with professional activity, can lead to a decrease in performance, which indicates the need to develop and implement purposeful programs of their psychological prevention.

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Keywords: consulting psychologists, law enforcement agencies, remote format, negative psychological states, psychoprophylaxis

Journal rubric: Psychology of Special Risk Professions

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/epps.2025020406

Received 24.10.2025

Revised 22.11.2025

Accepted

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For citation: Kotenev, I.O., Sorokina, A.V. (2025). Negative psychological states among psychologists-consultants of law enforcement agencies working remotely. Extreme Psychology and Personal Safety, 2(4), 86–101. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.17759/epps.2025020406

© Kotenev I.O., Sorokina A.V., 2025

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

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Information About the Authors

Igor O. Kotenev, Candidate of Science (Psychology), Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Scientific Foundations of Extreme Psychology, Faculty of Extreme Psychology, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Associate Professor of the Department of Legal Psychology of the Educational and Scientific Complex of Psychology of Service Activities, Moscow University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. V.Ya. Kikotya, Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1336-5546, e-mail: ikotenev@ya.ru

Alena V. Sorokina, Master's Student, Chair of Scientific Foundations of Extreme Psychology, Department of Extreme Psychology, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1615-5680, e-mail: alena123489@mail.ru

Contribution of the authors

Igor O. Kotenev — main ideas of the study; research planning; control over the conduct of the study; editing and design of the manuscript.

Alena V. Sorokina — compilation of the questionnaire and selection of research methods; collection, processing and analysis of empirical data; application of statistical methods of analysis; systematization and generalization of the results; development of proposals; compilation of the list of sources.

Both authors participated in the discussion of the results and approved the final text of the manuscript.

Conflict of interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Ethics statement

The study was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of the Academic Council of the Department of Extreme Psychology of Moscow State University of Psychology and Education (report no. 1, 2025/08/28).

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