Assessment of the effects of stress and age on decision to commit suicide among male police officers in Tabora Region.

Msuya, Kimbute Meba (2022) Assessment of the effects of stress and age on decision to commit suicide among male police officers in Tabora Region. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

The study was conducted to assess the effects of stress and age on decision to commit suicide among male police officers in Tabora region. The study was guided by the following specific objective; identify factors influencing decision to commit suicide among male police officers in Tabora Region, evaluate the effect of stress on decision to commit suicide among male police officers in Tabora Region and examine the effect of age on decision to commit suicide among male police officers in Tabora Region. The study was guided by the interpersonal theory of suicide. Cross sectional research design was used and the positivism approach was used with a sample size of 262 male police officers. Survey and closed-ended questions were used and the data were analysed using descriptive statistics and multiple linear regressions using SPSS. The findings indicated that both age and stress have statistical significant effects on the decision to commit suicide among police officers. The study recommends that the government should consider police problems and priorities to enable them work with passions, despite the danger of the work. Also, the government should train police officers, chief officers but also the supervisors on how to handle matters in their duties and how to handle problems in order to reduce stress between each other. The study further recommends that police departments should at least arrange on how to provide mentorship to their police officers. The police departments should consider the well being of their police by at least providing seminars and trainings on self-protection especially when working under dangerous situations. The study recommends similar study to be conducted in other regions in Tanzania. Keywords: Stress, Age, Police Officers, Decision to Commit Suicide.

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