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A Comparative Study of Merchant Navy Officers on Quality of Life and Sleep


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1 Department of Psychology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
2 Department of Psychology, MCM DAV College for Women, Sec-36, Chandigarh, India
     

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The aim of the present study was to compare merchant navy officers on their Quality of sleep and Quality of life. The study was conducted on 300 merchant navy officers with 150 Deck and 150 Engine officers. For this purpose, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) by Buysse et al. (1988) and WHO Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF, 1994) were used. Descriptive statistics, Mann Whitney U test and 2×2 ANOVA were used to analyse the data. The results showed that Deck officers were found to be low on quality of life and quality of sleep in comparison to engine officers.

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Merchant Navy Officers, Quality of Life, Quality of Sleep.
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Ankita
Department of Psychology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
Akanksha Tripathi
Department of Psychology, MCM DAV College for Women, Sec-36, Chandigarh, India

Abstract


The aim of the present study was to compare merchant navy officers on their Quality of sleep and Quality of life. The study was conducted on 300 merchant navy officers with 150 Deck and 150 Engine officers. For this purpose, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) by Buysse et al. (1988) and WHO Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF, 1994) were used. Descriptive statistics, Mann Whitney U test and 2×2 ANOVA were used to analyse the data. The results showed that Deck officers were found to be low on quality of life and quality of sleep in comparison to engine officers.

Keywords


Merchant Navy Officers, Quality of Life, Quality of Sleep.



DOI: https://doi.org/10.15614/ijpp%2F2017%2Fv8i2%2F157193