Psychological Stress Management and the Role of Police in Maintaining Peace and Social Harmony

Abstract

Psychological stress and occupational pressure can affect the behavioural stability, decision-making capacity, and role performance of police personnel involved in maintaining peace and harmony. This study examined the relationship among the role of police officers, positive stress management, management ability, and the maintenance of peace and harmony in SBP. A mixed-methods design was adopted, and data were collected from 80 participants through structured questionnaires and interviews. Descriptive statistics, factor analysis, KMO and Bartlett’s tests, ANOVA, and multiple regression analysis were used to analyse the data. The KMO value of 0.636 indicated moderately acceptable sampling adequacy, while Bartlett’s test was significant, supporting the suitability of the data for factor analysis. The descriptive findings showed generally positive perceptions of the role of police, peace and harmony, stability and serenity, positive stress, and management ability. The regression results indicated a moderately strong positive relationship among the study variables (R = 0.713; R² = 0.509), with the model explaining approximately 50.87% of the variance in the dependent variable. The ANOVA results further showed that the regression model was statistically significant. The coefficient results indicated that X Variable 2 and X Variable 4 had significant relationships with the dependent variable, while X Variable 1 and X Variable 3 were not significant. The study highlights the relevance of positive stress management, management ability, and police role performance in supporting peace and social harmony.