DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2018.v06i08.020

Pages: 1625-1632

The study investigated the extent to which emotional intelligence components are related to job burnout experienced by Nigerian Police officers in Rivers State Command. The study was guided by six research questions and their corresponding null hypotheses. The study was conducted using a sample of 360 police officers drawn through multi-stage sampling technique. The correlational research design was used for the study, while two instruments were developed for the purpose of data collection. These instruments were the Police Emotional Intelligence Inventory (PEII) and the Police Burnout Inventory (PBI). Using test-retest reliability, the Police Emotional Intelligence Inventory was shown to have a reliability coefficient of 0.84, while the Police Burnout Inventory had a coefficient of 0.87. Data for the study was collected using the direct delivery approach, while analysis was done using multiple and linear regression for the research questions and ANOVA associated with multiple and linear regression for the testing of the hypotheses. Result showed that emotional intelligence had significant joint prediction on the job burnout of police officers. On the basis of the result obtained, it was recommended that emotional intelligence training be provided for police officers in Rivers State, Nigeria.