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Stress and Anger Management among Police Personnel through Indian Psychological Techniques

Ranta, R. S.

Pertanika Journal of Social Science and Humanities, Volume 20, Issue 4, December 2012

Keywords: Stress and anger management, police personnel, and Indian psychological techniques

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The police fulfil an essential role in the society and since their job is demanding, it is also stressful. Constant and unmanaged stress potentially reduces the effectiveness and efficiency of the personnel. The stressed police officers pose a threat to themselves, their colleagues, offenders and/or to public safety and thus it is a matter of urgent concern for psychologists in particular and mental health researchers in general. There are endeavours to reduce, eliminate or modify stress and anger among police personnel using psychological techniques based on the western model. The present study is unique as it uses stress and anger management techniques based on Indian psychological models. The multidimensional psychological interventions used in this study were chosen on the basis of indigenous psychological viewpoints embedded in Yoga and meditational techniques. The volunteers were chosen from different ranks of police personnel, namely constables, head constables, as well as assistant sub-inspectors and inspectors, who were divided into different groups. However, only the control group was exposed to physical relaxation technique to reduce their stress level and anger. In order to assess the efficacy of these multidimensional psychological interventions, scores on stress and anger were taken prior to and after the intervention (pre-test and post-test design). A repeated measure analysis of variance was applied to compare the experimental and control groups. It was found that the multidimensional psychological interventions were significant in reducing job stress, anger-in, anger-out as they enhanced the anger-control of subjects. The study highlighted the role of stress and anger management techniques developed from Indian psychology theory.

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JSSH-0541-2011

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