Journal of Psychology & Psychotherapy
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Department of Commerce, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh, India

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• Research Article   
  GENDER DIFFERNCES IN STRESS SYMPTOMS AND BURNOUT AMONG POLICE CONSTABLES
  Author(s): Pinki, Panchal Sandeep* and Shakti pal
  
  Police plays an important role in maintaining laws, rules and regulation in the society. In doing so, their nature of duty put them in different kind of mental health issues like stress and anxiety. The effort is made in this piece of work to study gender differences in the variables under study. The data was collected from 300 police constables (an equal number of male and female) in the age range of 25 to 40 years utilizing random sampling technique. Stress Symptoms Rating Scale (Heilbrun and Pepe, 1985) and Maslach Burnout Inventory(Maslach & Jackson, 1986) were administered to collect the data. Results were obtained on applying t-test which revealed that male and female police constables are significantly different in stress symptoms, burnout and its dimensions. Male Police Constables were found to have higher mean scores on the variables, Reduced Personal Accomplishment and T.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2161-0487.21.11.415

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