An Empirical Study of Stress Levels Among Police Officers and Their Preventive Measures: A Focus on Nagpur City, Maharashtra, India

Abstract

An empirical study was conducted to assess the stress levels of police officers in Nagpur City, Maharashtra. A sample of 320 working male and female police officers was drawn from various police stations in Nagpur City. Their ages ranged from 26 to 57 years. According to the research plan, 132 male and 132 female police officers were finally selected based on the personal information provided by the police officers. Therefore, male and female police officers were divided into eight groups – males into Groups A, B, C, and D, and females into Groups E, F, G, and H – based on age and gender. Thereafter, 33 police officers from each group were administered the Stress Scale. The obtained stress scores were analysed using ANOVA and t-tests to identify significant differences in stress levels among age groups of male and female police officers. In the final analysis, male and female police officers aged 34 to 41 years were more stressed than their counterparts.