PERCEPTION OF POLICE AND FEAR OF TERRORISM; A PSYCHO-SOCIAL CHALLENGE TO NATIONAL SECURITY, PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT
Start Date
10-2-2021 11:00 AM
End Date
10-2-2021 12:15 PM
Proposal Type
Presentation
Proposal Description
The objective of this study was to find out the relationship between perception of police and fear of terrorism (as well as other contextual variables like gender, age and occupation, level of income, education level, ethnic groups and religion) on the national sense peace of Nigerian citizens.
A cross-sectional survey and correlation research design was used and the statistics used for this study were both descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. The descriptive statistics shows the central tendency and measure of dispersion. The inferential statistics shows the significant relationship among the variables, specifically using Pearson Product Moment correlation and regression analyses. The participants comprised of 426 persons; made up 226 males (51.4%) and 200 females (45.5%). Participants ranged in age from 18 to 65years (M = 33.42, SD = 12.11). The researchers employed a convenience, accidental and snow balling sampling methods in recruiting these participants. The major instruments used in this particular study were a twelve-item perception of police scale developed by Nadal and Davidoff (2015) and the 13-item fear of terrorism scale developed by Sinclair & LoCicero (2007) that were anchored with a 5-point behavioral frequency (Likert format).
The results showed that contextual variables (age, Level of education and ethnic group); as well as, the main independent variable (perception of police) significantly correlated with fear of terrorism.
In the context of the outcome of the findings, the research indicates that it is important that the government motivates the armed forces department; especially, the police so as to enhance their job performance in peace keeping, mitigation of conflicts, and safe guarding of lives and properties of Nigerians in a time of insurgency like this.
PERCEPTION OF POLICE AND FEAR OF TERRORISM; A PSYCHO-SOCIAL CHALLENGE TO NATIONAL SECURITY, PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT
The objective of this study was to find out the relationship between perception of police and fear of terrorism (as well as other contextual variables like gender, age and occupation, level of income, education level, ethnic groups and religion) on the national sense peace of Nigerian citizens.
A cross-sectional survey and correlation research design was used and the statistics used for this study were both descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. The descriptive statistics shows the central tendency and measure of dispersion. The inferential statistics shows the significant relationship among the variables, specifically using Pearson Product Moment correlation and regression analyses. The participants comprised of 426 persons; made up 226 males (51.4%) and 200 females (45.5%). Participants ranged in age from 18 to 65years (M = 33.42, SD = 12.11). The researchers employed a convenience, accidental and snow balling sampling methods in recruiting these participants. The major instruments used in this particular study were a twelve-item perception of police scale developed by Nadal and Davidoff (2015) and the 13-item fear of terrorism scale developed by Sinclair & LoCicero (2007) that were anchored with a 5-point behavioral frequency (Likert format).
The results showed that contextual variables (age, Level of education and ethnic group); as well as, the main independent variable (perception of police) significantly correlated with fear of terrorism.
In the context of the outcome of the findings, the research indicates that it is important that the government motivates the armed forces department; especially, the police so as to enhance their job performance in peace keeping, mitigation of conflicts, and safe guarding of lives and properties of Nigerians in a time of insurgency like this.