Vulnerability in Security Guards Developing Bipolar Disorder

Abstract

The research aims to understand how sleep cycles can have an adverse effect on individuals who have night shifts in their duty. The study was conducted on security guards working during the night shift, the sample included 70 security guards. The age group was between 20 to 60 male individuals. Their sleep cycles are measured with the help of the Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index and their vulnerability towards bipolar disorder was measured with the help of the Hypomanic Personality Scale (HPS), the scale has 48 items and it is a true and false questionnaire. The data was collected with the google form. The research is a correlational study, the data was analyzed with the help of SPSS software. The research study inferred that there is a significant positive correlation between sleep quality and bipolar disorder. The correlation coefficient is .275.