International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR)

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Research Paper | Psychology Science | Kenya | Volume 6 Issue 9, September 2017


Psychosocial Complaints of Wives of Military Personnel on Peace Keeping Mission, The Kenyan Case

Apiyo Pamela Akech | Okoth George Odhiambo [4] | Wauna Benta Achien'g | Augustine Nwoye


Abstract: This study was designed to explore the psychological complaints of wives of military personnel on peace keeping mission. The study was considered significant in that it was the first of its kind in Kenya. Although Kenyan Armed Force first participated in peace keeping operation in 1979 in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) where a small Kenyan Army contingent was developed within the auspices of the common wealth, no study has been carried out to determine how the wives of the military personnel left behind are coping in the face of their husbands absence. A survey research design was used for the study. The sample for the study was composed, drawn from two armed forces camps, namely the Moi Air Base and the langata barracks. These were used to represent the Air Force and the Kenyan Army respectively. On the whole wives of military Personnel on peace mission took part in the study. An attitude scale and a questionnaire formed the instruments for data collection. Data were analyzed by means of descriptive statistics. The findings show that wives of military Personnel on peace keeping mission are beleaguered by a number of psychosocial problems among which loneliness, fear that the husbands might lose their lives during the mission, children missing their fathers and lack of guidance and counseling on how coping could be achieved. Implications of the study were drawn and some recommendations were made to influence the review of military peace keeping policies in favor of these wives.


Keywords: Attitude, Complaints, Peacekeeping Forces, Peacekeeping Mission, Peacekeeping Operations.


Edition: Volume 6 Issue 9, September 2017,


Pages: 1356 - 1363


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Apiyo Pamela Akech, Okoth George Odhiambo, Wauna Benta Achien'g, Augustine Nwoye, "Psychosocial Complaints of Wives of Military Personnel on Peace Keeping Mission, The Kenyan Case", International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Volume 6 Issue 9, September 2017, pp. 1356-1363, https://www.ijsr.net/get_abstract.php?paper_id=ART20176731

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