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Character Traits (tough Mindness And Aggression) And Stress As Predictors Of Alcohol Use Among Police Officers In Ibadan Metropolis
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1.8 ASSUMPTIONS
The study is guided by the following assumptions:
That are the respondents are police officers operating in Ibadan Metropolis.
Those only willing respondents participated in the survey.
That all the information provided by the respondents are true, accurate, unbiased devoid of sentiments.
1.9 METHOD OF ANALYSIS
The
study adopted the survey research design simply because it enables the
researcher to recognize the characteristics of a given population and
describe them in a systematic way and also the ex-post facto research
design because the researcher has no control over the explanatory
variables. Furthermore, the purposive sampling technique was used to
select 500 police officers in Ibadan metropolis. The study used four
instruments namely the Eyesenck Tough Mindness Scale (ETMS); Buss and
Perry Aggression Scale (BPAS); International Stress Management Scale
(ISMS) and the Chinese Drug Involvement Scale (CDIS) to collect data
from the selected police officers. The data collected were analyzed
using the descriptive statistic analysis. Also, the Pearson correlation
analysis and the analysis of variance were used to test the stated
hypotheses at 5% significance level.
1.10 DEFINITON OF TERMS
Aggression: This is a character trait of behavior and attitude featured by hostility, violence and anger.
Alcohol
use: has been defined as an excessive use of addictive substances,
especially when such consumption or misuse of an alcohol is not for
therapeutic purposes but rather for the purpose of altering the normal
functioning of the mind and body.
Police officers: refers to an
individual who play a central role in the law enforcement system and
monitor criminal activity, take part in community patrols, respond to
emergency calls, issue tickets, make arrests, investigate crimes and
testify in court as needed.
Stress: This refers to the physiological
or psychological response to negative psychological or environ mental
factors at work perceived as taxing or disturbing and threatening to an
individual's health or wellbeing.
Tough Mindness: refers to the ability to face difficulties and failures with resilience, determination and courage.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The
study is geared towards exploring some predicting variables of alcohol
use among police officers in Nigeria. Hence, the study investigates
whether – character traits (tough-mindness and aggression) as well as
stress are significant predictors of alcohol use among police officers
in Ibadan metropolis. 500 police officers, which comprises of 488 males
and 12 females completed the questionnaire pack of Eyesenck
Tough-mindness Scale, Buss and Perry Aggression Scale, Internat ... Continue reading---
