Abstract
M.Cur. (Curriculum Studies)
The aim of this study is to determine whether training in
stress management through primary mental health education has a
positive effect on the learning of effective stress management
techniques. This study was carried out on a group of police
officers.
In an experimental investigation the following method of stress management
was used, namely a primary mental health education
programme.
An at-risk population in the society was identified namely the South African
Police Force, and sixty four people from the target population of one
hundred and twenty eight candicate-officers 'were selected for this
study. A survey of the target population was done and these sampling
units met the following criteria: they were all white warrant officers
in training in the South.African Police Force from the same level of
training, who had all obtained a national diploma in police
administration. These members were representatives from throughout
South-Africa making it a national study.
Their ages ranged from twenty to fifty years of age....