1. OKOLI PAUL CHIBUIKE - PhD, Department of Internal Medicine, Enugu State University of Science and
Technology, Enugu.
2. OFOJEBE CHUKWUMA PHILIP - Department of Psychology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra State.
3. EZEME MARK SUNDAY - Department of Internal Medicine, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu.
4. AGU GRACE UCHECHUKWU - Department of Nursing Sciences, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu.
5. EKWO JUDE CHUKWUDI - Department of Psychology, Enugu State University of Science and Technology.
6. EKWO JUDE CHUKWUDI - Department of Internal Medicine, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu.
7. EZE UCHENNA GERALD - Department of Internal Medicine, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu.
8. OKPARA TITUS CHUKWUBUZO - Department of Internal Medicine, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu.
9. CHIME PETER EKPUNOBI - Department of Internal Medicine, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu.
10. OSIGBEME DIUTO IFEOMA - Department of Occupational Therapy, Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu.
11. ANIKE RAPHAEL UGWU - Department of Psychology, Enugu State University of Science and Technology.
12. AGBIRIONWU OLUCHUCHUKWU MIRIAM - Department of Psychology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra State.
The series of exchanges and adjustments among men and women and their environment over and over again results on trait anxiety and its attendant manifest of psycho-physiological symptoms. This study investigated the relationship between traits anxiety and psycho-physiological symptoms among vocational and career workers. A total of 95 workers were randomly selected from Igbo speaking States of: Anambra, Imo, Abia, Enugu and Ebonyi. Among these workers 49.5% (47) were priests and 50.5% (48) were nurses with a mean age of 2.22 and standard deviation of .67128. Data for the study were collected using traits anxiety inventory and psycho-physiological symptoms. A cross survey method was employed. A two way ANOVA was used to test the hypotheses of the study variables. The result shows that traits anxiety was statistically significantly related to psycho-physiological symptoms among workers (r = 0262; p< 0.04). The result also revealed that there is a significant differences between vocational workers on their manifest of psycho-physiological symptoms t (92) = -3.268; p < .002. It is suggested that further study should include clergy from other denomination and draw subjects from both small scale and multinational organization to cover a wider range of career workers. It is recommended that workers on individual bases can take action in reducing their vulnerability to trait anxiety. They can do this by occasionally engaging themselves into the exercise of deep relaxation so as to control the tensions often time unconsciously stored in the body tissues. Further, Annual leaves, holidays and sabbatical leaves for workers with the necessary packages must be ensured. Therefore, there must be a consistent program to maintain this policy in every sphere of work sector to reduce or prevent trait anxiety and psycho-physiological symptoms among workers. Finally, that future study could examine the effect of social support, positive feedback and the relationship with significant others in the work place in preventing trait anxiety and psycho-physiological symptoms among workers.
Trait Anxiety, Psycho-physiological Symptoms, Workers.