DIMENSIONS OF STRESS LEVELS AMONG SOME CATEGORIES OF NIGERIAN AIR FORCE PERSONNEL: A SELF-REPORT-BASED SURVEY

Author: Osa-afiana, Damian Ph.D. 

ABSTRACT

Exposure to trauma, uncertainty in deployment, being away from home and family for extended periods coupled with the difficulty of adjusting to civilian life have devastating effects on mental health of military personnel. Contending with stress is a major challenge to organization that are stress prone. The Nigerian Air Force is one of such organizations. In this paper, stress is examined to determine its effect on some categories of the Nigerian Air force personnel. Using Death Anxiety Scale (DAS), Military Stress Inventory (MSI), Organizational Frustration Scale (OFS), Post-Traumatic Stress Keane Scale (PKS), Symptoms Distress Checklist (SCL-90R), on 150 Air Force personnel comprising of 50 Serving Combat Personnel (SCP), 50 Serving Artisan Personnel (SAP), and 50 Retired Mixed Personnel (RMP). Analysis of variance was used to analyze the difference among these three groups. The finding indicates that the Serving Artisan Personnel (SAP) showed significantly highly levels of stress than the SCP and RMP. The findings were discussed in terms of the differences in these groups.

Keywords: Stress, Nigerian Air Force, work-related stress, PTSD.

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