Dimensions of Operational Stress in the Nigerian Navy: Selected Samples of Combatant, Artisan and Retired Naval Personnel in Nigeria

Damian D. Osa-Afiana

Citation: Osa-Afiana DD, Dimensions of Operational Stress in the Nigerian Navy: Selected Samples of Combatant, Artisan and Retired Naval Personnel in Nigeria. Medp Psychiatry Behav Sci. 2022; 1(1): mppbs–202211002.

Abstract

   This study examined dimensions of stress among sample of selected Nigerian Navy personnel in Lagos, Calabar, Jaji, in Kaduna Nigeria. The sample size of this study was one hundred and fifty (150) naval personnel who were randomly selected into three (3) groups of Serving Combatant Personnel (SCP); Serving Artisan Personnel (SAP) and Retired Mixed Personnel (RMP). Each group comprised fifty (n=50) participants, serving under different units in the Naval Command. Multistage random sampling was used for the selection and convenient sampling technique was used to select study participants. Instruments used to gather data were, Military Stress Inventory (MSI); Symptom Distress Checklist (SCL-90); Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Keane Scale (PKS); Organizational Frustration Scale (OFS), and the Death Anxiety Scale (DAS). The outcome of the One-Way Analysis of Variance and Scheffe tests indicate significant differences. In the dimensions of stress among naval personnel. It was recommended that policies the Nigerian Navy should invest more on psychological based coping techniques during training and deployment of naval personnel to as to integrate the requisite knowledge based on psychological principles into the core values of naval personnel in Nigeria. 

   Keywords: Stress Dimensions; Nigerian Navy; Post-Traumatic Stress