title: Impact of age and level of experience on occupational stress experienced by non-gazetted officers of the central reserve police force.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The study explores the effect of demographic variables such as age and level of experience on the level of stress experienced by non-gazette officers of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
  
  
  METHODS
  A purposive sample of 163 CRPF personnel was chosen. The Police Stress Inventory developed for use among CRPF personnel was administered. Various statistical parameters such as mean, standard deviation, standard error, mean difference and single-factor ANOVA were used to analyze the data.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study strongly indicates the relationship between stress and demographic variables such as age and level of experience.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore, India.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Balakrishnamurthy
authors.forename: Swetha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shankar