Effects of Psychosocial Challenges on Marriage among Police Officers Deployed away from Their Nuclear Families: A Study in Selected Police Stations in Lang’ata Division, Nairobi County

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dc.contributor.authorEmusugut, Eunice Namonywe
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-11T08:35:01Z
dc.date.available2024-10-11T08:35:01Z
dc.date.issued2016-05
dc.descriptionMASTER OF ARTS in Counseling Psychology
dc.description.abstractWorldwide, most married police couples are separated from their nuclear families because of their duties. This follows the police deployment policy which stipulates that police officers in most circumstances should be deployed at stations where they do not commute as they are on duty 24 hours daily. This leaves both the married officers and their nuclear families with much to bear. Indeed, police work has its own unique challenges which when coupled with the psychosocial challenges of separating a married police couple worsens the situation. The sample size of the study was 123 married police officers in Lang’ata Division, Nairobi. The study employed both qualitative and quantitative methodology. Data was collected using purposive sampling. The data was the analysed using SPSS and then presented using frequency tables and figures. The study revealed that deployment within the police service was common and irregular at 43.3%. The findings revealed also that more married police officers who are deployed away from their nuclear families have experienced depressive disorders 41.8% but at different levels. Findings showed that majority of the married police officers who were deployed away from their nuclear families experienced alcohol abuse disorders 35.0% as a coping mechanism. The study concluded that there were effects of psychological challenges on marriage among police officers deployed far from their nuclear families in selected police stations in Lang’ata Police Division. Therefore, the study recommended that there is need for the police service to develop mechanisms that enable married police officers to apply positive coping mechanisms as they experience the effects of psychosocial challenges.
dc.description.sponsorshipDaystar University, School of Applied Human Sciences
dc.identifier.citationEmusugut, E. N. (2015). Effects of Psychosocial Challenges on Marriage among Police Officers Deployed away from Their Nuclear Families: A Study in Selected Police Stations in Lang’ata Division, Nairobi County. Daystar University, School of Arts and Social Sciences
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.daystar.ac.ke/handle/123456789/5375
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherDaystar University, School of Applied Human Sciences
dc.subjectmarried police couples
dc.subjectnuclear families
dc.subjectpolice deployment policy
dc.subjectLang’ata Division
dc.titleEffects of Psychosocial Challenges on Marriage among Police Officers Deployed away from Their Nuclear Families: A Study in Selected Police Stations in Lang’ata Division, Nairobi County
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