Assisstant Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, Teerthanker Mahaveer College of Nursing, TMU, Moradabad
Online published on 21 September, 2015.
“A study to evaluate the effectiveness of video assisted teaching on relaxation breathing in the reduction of job stress among police personnel in selected police stations, Moradabad district”.
1. To assess the job stress among police personnel.
2. To evaluate the effectiveness of relaxation, breathing on job stress among police personnel.
3. To find out the association between the level of job stress of police personnel and selected demographic variables.
The study utilized, quasi-experimental research approach. The population comprised of police personnel of Moradabad district. A sampling technique was utilized for selecting the police station and then by sampling 30 police personnel were selected. The data gathered is analyzed and interpreted keeping in mind the objectives using descriptive and inferential statistics. 4,7
• A majority of policemen 40% were in the age group of < 25 years, whereas 23% policemen were between the age group of 36 - 45 years, and only 16.6% policemen are age group of >45 years.
• The majority of the policemen 73.3% were male.
• Most of the policemen 46.62% were post- graduate, 29.97% policemen were graduating, 16.65% and only 6.66% policemen had studied up to high school.
• 79.92% of policemen were unmarried & 19.98% of policemen were married.
• A majority of policemen was earning Rs.15001 - 20000, whereas only 6.66% of them had a yearning of > Rs.25001.
• A majority of policemen 96.97% were Hindu whereas only 3.33% of them were Muslim.
• A majority of policemen 73.3% were residing in the village.
• A majority of policemen 59.97% were belonging to joint family & 39.96% of policemen were belonging to nuclear.
• A majority of the of policemen 43.29% were having 1- 10 years of experience, whereas 16.65% of policemen were having < 1 years of experience.
• The mean post-test stress score (50) of the policemen was less than the pre-test stress score (27.58). The obtained mean difference (41.47) was found to be statistically significant as evident from the ‘t’ value of 4.62 for DF (29) at the 0.05 level of significance
• No significant relationship was seen between stress scale with selected demographic variables.
relaxation, breathing, job stress, Police personnel, video assisted teaching
