psycho-demographic factors influencing social well-being among mobile police force

Introduction: there is overwhelming evidence in the increase of dysfunctional social well-being among service members returning from deployment, and this is culminating into a wide range of social challenges. the present study investigated the psycho-demographic factors influencing social well-being among mobile police force in kwara state, nigeria. method: the study adopted a survey method utilizing an ex-post-facto design. the purposive sampling technique was used to sample 200 mobile police officers (152 males and 48 females). they completed a questionnaire pack which included-the post-deployment readjustment inventory scale, emotion regulation questionnaire and mental health continuum of social well-being-short form. data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, pearson product moment correlation, anova and multiple regression. results: findings showed that emotion regulation has a positive relationship with social well-being. also, age, emotion regulations and post-deployment stress as a whole significantly predicted social well-being among the sampled participants. however, emotion regulation independently predicted social well-being, though marital status did not significantly influence social well-being among the participants. conclusion: this study presented emotion regulation as a great predictor of social well-being. it is recommended that; emotion regulation should be built into the training and debriefing of mobile police before and after deployment to aid their better social well-being.