Psychological Impacts On Quality Of Life Among Traffic Officers In Lagos State, Nigeria

Abstract

Traffic officers are important aspect of traffic decongestion especially in developing cosmopolitan cities like Lagos, Nigeria, however, little is known about the quality of life of Federal Road Traffic Officers (FRSC) which are special forces trained to help with ease of vehicular movement in Nigeria. Therefore, this study examined the psychological factors influencing quality of life of FRSC officers in Lagos State Command. The study was correlational design with 425 participants who responded to a set of questionnaires such as WHO-BREF Quality of Life Scale, Becks Depression Inventory, Templar Death Anxiety Scale and Maslach Burnout Inventory. The data was analysed with zero order correlation and multiple regression analysis. The result revealed that psychological factors (depression, death anxiety and burnout) jointly had significant prediction on quality of life (F [3,421] =39.604, R =.469, R² =.220, p<.05), while, depression (B=-.704, β=-.471, t=-10.698, p<.05) and Death anxiety (B=-.384, β=-.094, t=-2.190, p<.05) significantly and negatively predict FRSC officers' quality of life. The study concludes that psychological variables had composite contribution to quality of life while depression and death anxiety had independent negative prediction but burnout had independent positive prediction for quality of life of FRSC officers.