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A Comparative Study on Life Satisfaction and Job Anxiety of Policeman and Teachers


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1 Department of HRD, Disha-A Resource Centre for Multiple Disabilities, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
2 Department ofPsychology, Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya, Shantikunj, Haridwar, Utterakhand, India
     

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The purpose of the present study was to compare the life satisfaction andj'ob anxiety of'Policeman and Teachers. For this research work, the quota sampling techniques will be used for the selection of the subjects. In all there will be 60 person of Mirzapur District, Utter Pradesh, in which 30 Policeman and 30 Teachers were selected. Subject's age limit was 20 to 40 years old. The Life Satisfaction Scale developed by Alam and Ramji Shrivastava and Job-Anxiety Scale developed by Srivastava ware used. Results indicated that there is significant difference between life satisfaction and job anxiety of Policeman and Teachers. It clearly shows that Policeman scored lower on life satisfaction than Teachers, but higher onjob anxiety because the reason for the low life satisfaction and highjob anxiety in the policeman is due to his busy routine, stressful life, lack of socialization, excessive pressure of officers and no proper time for family and other members of society etc., whereas high life satisfaction and low of job anxiety in the teachers is due to systematic routine, happy life, socialization, low pressure of officers and enough time for family and society members.

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Life Satisfaction, Job Anxiety.
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Authors

Sunil Kumar Agrahari
Department of HRD, Disha-A Resource Centre for Multiple Disabilities, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Anuradha Kotnala
Department ofPsychology, Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya, Shantikunj, Haridwar, Utterakhand, India

Abstract


The purpose of the present study was to compare the life satisfaction andj'ob anxiety of'Policeman and Teachers. For this research work, the quota sampling techniques will be used for the selection of the subjects. In all there will be 60 person of Mirzapur District, Utter Pradesh, in which 30 Policeman and 30 Teachers were selected. Subject's age limit was 20 to 40 years old. The Life Satisfaction Scale developed by Alam and Ramji Shrivastava and Job-Anxiety Scale developed by Srivastava ware used. Results indicated that there is significant difference between life satisfaction and job anxiety of Policeman and Teachers. It clearly shows that Policeman scored lower on life satisfaction than Teachers, but higher onjob anxiety because the reason for the low life satisfaction and highjob anxiety in the policeman is due to his busy routine, stressful life, lack of socialization, excessive pressure of officers and no proper time for family and other members of society etc., whereas high life satisfaction and low of job anxiety in the teachers is due to systematic routine, happy life, socialization, low pressure of officers and enough time for family and society members.

Keywords


Life Satisfaction, Job Anxiety.

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