Emotional Needs of Law Enforcement Personnel: Control Group Comparison Using the Contextual Needs Assessment (Report‪)‬

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The emotional needs of 230 law enforcement personnel in the urban Midwest were compared with a control group of 316 persons using the Contextual Needs Assessment, an instrument designed to assess the emotional needs of persons in accordance with William Glasser's Choice Theory. Groups were compared in a number of life contexts including needs with extended family, borne, friends, peers, supervisors, subordinates, strangers in social settings and strangers in work settings. Multivariate Analysis of Variance and post hoc statistical analysis showed significant differences between groups on subscales and situations. Most statistical and clinical differences were found on Love and Belonging and Power subscales across situations.