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Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and sources of stress among employees of civil service commission of Bayelsa state, Nigeria. Three objectives and research questions were formulated to guide this study. A descriptive cross sectional design was adopted for this study with the population of 12,671 employees from different ministries of Bayelsa state. The sample size of 402 was calculated using Taro Yamene method and simple random sampling technique was used to select the sample for the study. The instrument for collect of data for this study was self structured questionnaire titled Prevalence and Sources of Stress Questionnaire (PSSQ) which was validated by three experts. The reliability coefficient of 0.84 of the validated instrument was obtained using Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC). Data collected were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 25.0 based on the 72.6% return rate of the instrument. The result of this study indicated that the grand mean of 3.30 was greater than the criterion mean of 2.50 depicting that the prevalence of stress among employees was high. Also the result of this study revealed that environmental factors were the sources of stress among employees (grand mean 3.30 vs criterion mean 2.50). The result also indicated that work related factors were the major sources of stress among employees (mean 3.38 vs criterion mean 2.50). The study concluded that the prevalence of stress among employees was high and the major sources were environmental and work related factors. It was recommended among others that the management of the organization should take the responsibility of employees’ stress conducting stress management and coping programs at the institute level. Keywords: prevalence, sources, stress, employees, civil service. Title: Prevalence and Sources of Stress among Employees in Civil Service Commission in Bayelsa State, Nigeria Author: EBIAMA, Salvation Perefurusowoi International Journal of Healthcare Sciences ISSN 2348-5728 (Online) Vol. 10, Issue 1, April 2022 - September 2022 Page No: 35-42 Research Publish Journals Website: www.researchpublish.com Published Date: 26-May-2022 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6583147 Paper Download Link (Source): https://www.researchpublish.com/papers/prevalence-and-sources-of-stress-among-employees-in-civil-service-commission-in-bayelsa-state-nigeria

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