Resilience and Locus of Control as Predictors of Psychological Wellbeing among Police Officers
Keywords:
locus of control, police officers, resilience, wellbeingAbstract
This study investigated resilience and locus of control as predictors of psychological wellbeing among police officers. A total number of 130 participants comprises of 82 males and 48 females between the ages of 23-59 years with mean age of 40.5 and standard deviation of 13.6 were selected for the study. They were drawn from police head quarters Awkunanaw and central police station, Onitsha Ado using convenient sampling techniques.18 items likert-type questionnaire developed by Ryff, (1995) measuring psychological wellbeing, 6 items likert –type questionnaire developed by Smith et al,(2008) measuring resilience and 29 items likert- type questionnaire developed by Rotter, (1996) measuring locus of control was administered. Cross sectional research design was adopted. Multiple regressions was applied to analyze the generated data. From the result, Locus of control and resilience play a significant role on psychological wellbeing at F (3,126) =37.56.P<001. Findings were discussed in relation to available literature and recommendations were made.
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