Sujith, Chandran (2010) A study to assess the stress among police personnel before and after aerobic laughter therapy in selected police station, Kerala. Masters thesis, Annai J.K.K. Sampoorani Ammal College of Nursing, Komarapalayam.
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Abstract
A study to assess the stress among police personal in selected police station coming under Attaingal Jurisdiction, Thiruvananthapuram District, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Master of Science in Nursing was done by 30083644 from Annai JKK Sampoorani Ammal College of Nursing, under the Tamilnadu Dr.MGR Medical University, Chennai, March 2010. The objectives of the study were, to assess the stress among police personnel before and after aerobic laughter therapy in selected police station, Kerala, to test the association between the mean difference in stress and selected factors among police personnel in selected police station, Kerala. The research hypothesis were, H1) There will be a significant difference in the stress among police personnel before and after aerobic laughter therapy in selected police station, Kerala. H2) There will be a significant association between the mean difference in stress and selected factors among police personnel in selected police station, Kerala. Literature review was done for the present study includes: 1) Occupational stress in general, 2) Police stress, 3) Laughter therapy in general, 4) Laughter therapy and stress and 5) Humour in general. The investigator developed a conceptual frame work based on the Von Bertalanffy’s general system theory. The research approach adopted for the study was a pre experimental research design, one group pre test – post test design. Sample size was 35 police personnel in selected police stations in Attingal Jurisdiction, Thiruvananthapuram District. The sampling technique used in the study was convenience sampling technique. A standardized questionnaire used for data collection. The reliability of the tool for the present study was established by the test – retest method. The reliability co-efficient was found to be r = 0.96, high. Pre test was given. Aerobic laughter therapy was administer for 14 days. Post test stress was measured. The findings of the study revealed that, the aerobic laughter therapy was significantly effective to reduce the operational police stress. The aerobic laughter therapy was not effective to reduce the organizational police stress. There was significant association between the organizational police stress and rank among police personnel in selected police station, Kerala. Implication, limitation and recommendation were clearly defined and stated in the report of the study.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Additional Information: | Reg.No.30083644 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Stress, Police Personnel, Aerobic Laughter Therapy, selected police station, Kerala. |
| Subjects: | NURSING > Psychiatric Nursing |
| Depositing User: | Ramakrishnan J |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Jan 2018 07:55 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Aug 2020 02:22 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/5471 |
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