Iranian Journal of War and Public Health
Year:2017 | Volume:9 | Issue:3|Papers Count:9

Aims: Physical activity and exercise are factors in the evolution of physical and mental deficiencies of veterans and disabled people. Strengthening and supporting the sports activities of veterans and disabled people in order to provide their health, mental well-being and physical rehab is one of the most important educational goals of veterans and disabled people. The purpose of this study was to investigate the correlation of the benefits and obstacles of participation in motor and physical activities with the participation of veterans in these activities.Instrument & Methods: In this applied and cross-sectional descriptive-correlational study in 2016, 353 veterans of Ardabil province were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling.Data collection was done using 3 instruments; demographic information, obstacles to sports participation and benefits of sports participation questionnaires. Data were analyzed by SPSS 21 software using Spearman correlation coefficient, Regression and Friedman tests.Findings: There was a positive and significant correlation between all aspects of the obstacles to participation in sports with the lack of sports participation and all aspects of the benefits of sports participation with sport participation (p<0.01). In total, 29% of the obstacles’ variance in terms of devotees’ lack of participation and 33% variance in the benefit of the variance of sport participation were explained (p=0.001). The psychological benefits, with a mean score of 3.23, had the most impact on participation in sports activities, and financial obstacles and facilities with an average score of 3.98, had the greatest impact on the lack of participation of devotees in sports activities (p=0.001).Conclusion: Increasing the benefits of sports participation, especially the psychological benefits, as well as the removal of obstacles to participation, especially financial obstacles and facilities, will increase the participation of veterans in motor and sport activities.

Aims: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is one of the prominent psychological consequences of war that is seen in veterans. Emotion-focused therapy is a short-term intervention that can target a range of disruptions to the disorder. The purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of emotion-focused therapy on emotional distress, suicidal ideation and disappointment of veterans with PTSD.Materials & Methods: In this semi-experimental design with pretest-posttest design with control group in year 2016, 50 veterans with PTSD who were referred to Isfahan Ardabil psychiatric hospital were selected through convenient sampling and randomly assigned to two groups of experimental and control groups. The data were collected using a post-traumatic stress disorder checklist-military version, Desperate Beck Questionnaire, Beck Suicidal Thinking Scale, and Threat Settlement Scale. Then, the sessions focused on excitement were performed for 8 sessions of 1.5 hours for the experimental group. Data were analyzed by SPSS 23 software using multivariate covariance analysis test.Findings: After controlling the effects of pretest, there was a significant difference between the mean posttest scores of the two groups in each of the emotional maladaptive, suicidal ideation and disappointment variables (p<0.05).Conclusion: Emotion-focused therapy can reduce emotional distress, suicidal thoughts and frustration of veterans with PTSD.

Aims: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), is one of the most common, chronic and debilitating psychiatric disorders that occurs after encountering a traumatic event. Studies show that psychological responses from exposure to harmful events are influenced by the affective-emotional temperament of individuals. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the role of affective-emotional temperament in predicting the symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder in maiamed individuals caused by mine explosion.Instrument & Methods: This descriptive correlation study was performed on 100 people among all the people who had suffered a defect in the mine during the second half of 2016 under the protection of the martyr foundation of Gilan-e-Qarb City, Iran. The research instrument was a structured clinical interview, the Mississippi post-traumatic stress disorder scale, and the Affective and Emotional Composite Temperament (AFECT). The collected data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple linear regression analysis using step by step method in SPSS 20 software.Findings: In sum, affective temperament components explained 51% and emotional temperament components explained 32% of variance of symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (p<0.05).Conclusion: Affective and emotional nature can contribute to defect in how people respond to traumatic events and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder in maimed individuals caused by mine blast.

Aims: Veterans face many physical and psychological problems due to exposure to stressful events, which can seriously affect their spiritual well-being. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of religious orientation and perceived social support in predicting spiritual well-being of devotees.Instrument & Methods: In this descriptive-correlational study, 345 veterans of Rasht City, Iran, were selected by random sampling in 2016. The data collection tool was spiritual wellbeing, religious orientation, and perceived social support questionnaires. Data analysis was performed by SPSS 18 software using Pearson correlation coefficient and stepwise regression analysis.Findings: Spiritual well-being had significant positive correlations with internal religious orientation (r=0.60) and perceived social support (r=0.78) and a significant negative correlation with external religious orientation (r=-0.65; p<0.01). The two variables of religious orientation and perceived social support in total explained 46% of the variance of spiritual well-being, of which 14% related to internal religious orientation, 7% to external religious orientation, and 25% to perceived social support (p<0.05).Conclusion: Religious orientation and perceived social support can predict the spiritual wellbeing of devotees, thus increasing the spiritual well-being of devotees by increasing internal religious orientation and perceived social support.

Aims: To the parents and adolescents, the adolescence period is full of stressful situations. The children of the veterans undergoing mental pressures due their veteran fathers’ emotional avoidance continuously during all their mental.Instrument & Methods: In the controlled pretest-posttest experimental study, 30 female highschool students of the veterans’ families in Isfahan were studied in the academic year 2015-16.The subjects, selected via cluster random.Findings: At the posttest stage, the mean scores of the groups were significantly different including the relationship components (dialogue), paternal engagement, and anger (p<0.05).Nevertheless, the groups were not significantly different in the positive emotion component (p>0.05).Conclusion: The positive-thinking skills trainings can improve the paternal engagement, dialogue, and anger in the female students of the veterans’ families. Such trainings can also enhance their mental health quality.

Aims: Social stress and social support are factors that affect people’s mental health. The purpose of this study was to compare social support and social stress among spinal cord and chemical veterans and ordinary people.Instrument & Methods: This causal-comparative research was conducted in 2016 among the spinal cord and chemical veterans who received SCI or chemical injuries through the Medical Commission of the Martyr Foundation and the Veterans Affairs of the emperors and ordinary people in Urmia City, Iran.130 samples (30 spinal cord injured, 50 chemical veterans and 50 normal people) were studied. The sampling method was census for spinal cord injured, simple randomized for chemical veterans and clustered for normal people. The research tool was the Duke Social Protection Scale and Social Stress. Data analysis was done by SPSS 22 software using multivariate analysis of variance and Scheffe post hoc tests.Findings: There was a significant difference in social support between chemical veterans and normal people and also between chemical veterans and spinal cord injured (p<0.05), but there was no significant difference between the normal group and spinal cord injured (p>0.05). In addition, there was a significant difference in social stress between chemical veterans and normal people (p<0.05), but spinal cord injured had no significant differences with normal people and chemical veterans (p>0.05).Conclusion: Social support and social stress are different among spinal cord injured, chemical veterans and ordinary people.

Aims: Acquiring social capital through participation in sports activities is very important for all segments of society, especially the veterans and disabled people. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between sports participation and social capital of veterans and disabled people.Instrument & Methods: In this descriptive-correlational study in 2015, A total of 170 war veterans and disabled male and female sportsmen of Kerman (92 veterans and 78 disabled persons) were studied using the available sampling method. The used instrument was a researcher-made questionnaire on sports participation and social capital of veterans and disabled, which validity and reliability were confirmed. Data were analyzed by SPSS 19 software using Pearson correlation coefficient test.Findings: There was a positive significant correlation between sport participation and social participation (r=0.292) and also between sports participation and social capital (r=0.176) in veterans and disabled people (p<0.05), but there was not a significant correlation between sport partnership and social support and social security in veterans and disabled (p>0.05).Conclusion: The sports participation of veterans and disabled people in Kerman has a direct and positive correlation with their social capital.

Aims: In recent years, spirituality has been considered by health professionals as one of the existential dimensions of human beings due to their mental health effects. Spiritual intelligence is also an important factor affecting mental disorders such as anxiety, aggression and anger.Therefore, the purpose of this study was to predict competitive trait anxiety, competitive aggression and competitive anger based on the spiritual intelligence of veterans and disabled athletes.Instrument & Methods: In this descriptive-correlational study in 2016, 80 veteran and disabled athletes from the Arak City, Iran, were selected through available sampling and participated in the study. Demographic characteristics questionnaire, spiritual intelligence questionnaire, competitive anger and aggression inventory and competitive trait anxiety questionnaire. To analyze the collected data, descriptive (mean and percent) and regression statistical tests were used.Findings: There was a significant negative relationship between spiritual intelligence and competitive anxiety (r=-0.22; p<0.05), and spiritual intelligence and competitive anger and aggression (r=-0.27; p<0.05). Spiritual intelligence could predict 4.9% of the variance of competitive anxiety (p=0.048) and 7.0% of the variance of competitive anger and aggression (p=0.017).Conclusion: Spiritual intelligence can reduce competitive anger and anger and competitive aggression in athletes with disabilities and veterans.