JOURNAL OF MILITARY PSYCHOLOGY (JMP)
Year:2010 | Volume:1 | Issue:3|Papers Count:9

Introduction: the aim of present study is investigating the efficiency of imagery receipting and reprocessing therapy that is a treatment based on guided mental imagery on decreasing mental disturbance level and the images related to accidents and events of Iran's war veterans who are suffering post-traumatic stress disorder.Method: in this research 4 veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder were tested as available samples. By applying multiple base-lines design, the efficiency of treatment method and consistency of results were determined one month after treatment. These optimum therapeutic results were obtained just through using visual imagination of patients and without verbal challenges with their negative beliefs. In this research, Suds' and CAPS scales were used as research tools.Results: according to obtained results, after applying under testing method, we observed significant decrease in intensity of emerging the images related to accidents of patients. Also, total level of mental turmoil of settees declined significantly. This treatment method has been successful in decreasing the level of mental turmoil and intensity of recurrent images compared to decline in abundance of recurrent images emergence.Discussion: accepting disturbing mental images as the main core of stress disorder after accident require adopting and applying totally imaginary treatments or at least, applying this element as a fundamental factor in treatment of this disorder.This research is conducted along with performed researches in this field with the aim of proving the efficiency of imaginary treatments and stating the necessity of developing and promoting the application of these kinds of treatments.

Introduction: Physical and psychological side-effects of chemical warfare on victims have been shown in several studies, we established this study to compare psychological disorders among family and households of chemical warfare victims.Methods: All family members of victims of Sardasht chemical warfare attack and systematic randomized adjusted people without direct damages of chemical attacks in the same region entered into the study. Mental disorders such as depression, anxiety and stress evaluate by Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS). We used Chi square and t test, to analyze variables.Results: Depression, anxiety and stress rates were considerably frequent among victims' wives than adjusted controls; mentioned disorders were prevalent among children too. (P<.005) But no significant differences were seen between mothers and children in separate groups. (P>.05) Discution: Results show higher mental disorders among victims' families.Although psychological problems are frequent in peoples who live in war region without direct chemical damages too.

Introduction: with respect to determinant role of isar culture in valued defense and importance of this factor is necessary in national power and defense in I.R.I in order to achieve to desired personality in military organization and sepah. With respect to literature of this subject, survey of helper personality traits must seriously study. The aim of this research was understand of helper individuals in practical and experimental situation and their personality traits.Method: method research in understanding of helper individuals (N: 500) was experimental and in understanding of their personality traits (n=366) was casual comparative and voluntarily sampling from youth in 1381.Results: Results show that helper individual have significant differences in full personality traits and personality profiles of them was highlight.Discussion: subjects completed Neo-PI-R-240 and gathered data analysis with multi variance with SPSS 18 version. this results show organizational desired personality traits and accordance with completed Studies can help to achieve to organizational personality traits in military powers for modify acceptance, teaching and human resource management.

Introduction: This research is done due to recognition the effects of job tension in the function of human resource managers in one of the military forces and ways of confrontation with and reducing them in the view of these people.Method: The used method of research is survey typeand after, used established questionnaire from is used, (and reliability validity with) validation are selected (n=57) Cases as project equipment, after performance, from over the country census are from analyzed by the spss, collected data software.Results: The results has shown that human resource managers are exposed to job tensions, that make stress in them and they use which are often so effective in improving their, function.Discussion: Human resource managers, for doing their managerial working duties in the frame of basic accountability (deciding, organizing, planning, leading and controlling), tolerate about these consequent stresses in the stressors have (in low or high level) view of managers negative effect on their function which is reduced confronting ways by using.

Introduction: For measure its job satisfaction of staffs, NAJA needs a valid and acceptable scale which its containing elements are in direction of organization developments goals, i.e. the elements in case of improving, result in organization developing to superior level. It is tried to design a scale, according to Model “European Foundation for Quality Management”, to measure the job satisfaction of Iranian police staffs.Method: NAJA staffs (2933 persons), who were chosen by stratified random sampling method from throughout of Iran, completed the scale.Reliability was reviewed by alpha coefficient and test retest and construct validity was reviewed by confirmative factor analysis.Results: The results of confirmative factors analysis showed that 45 item of scale, measure 15factors.These factors are named by considering theoretic basis of research and content of questions on factors which are as: 1- Career Development, 2-organization Communication, 3-Empowerment, 4- Equal opportunities, 5- Involvement, 6- Leadership, 7- Opportunity to learn and appraisal, 8- Recognition, 9- Target setting and appraisal, 10- Training and development, 11- facilities and services, 12- pay and job benefits, 13- Peer relationships, 14- The management of changes, 15- Work environment.Discussion: Reliability factors of scale by test-re-test method for all subscales determined between 0.61 to 0.84 and for whole of scale it was 0.73 & Reliability of factors were between 0.57 to 0.70 by internal consistency method of Cronbach Alpha Coefficient for all subscales and for whole of scale it was 0.91. According to results of this research, the scale was qualified to measure Iran Police Job Satisfaction.

Introduction: Psychological stress is a common incident in human societies. Different variables affect the reaction of people to psychological stress, one of which is hardness. Hardness contains three elements, commitment, control, and challenging. This research is intended to compare the effects of teaching patience, problem solving, and the combined method on students’ hardness.Method: To conduct the study, 80 students of a university were selected through multistage cluster method. The research plan contained pretest, posttest, control group and experimental group. The subjects were classified into four groups randomly. After the pretest, group one was exposed to teaching patience, the second group to problem solving, the third group to the combined method, and the last one, the control group, to no teaching. The results were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics.Results: The research results indicated that teaching patience was more effective than problem solving and the combined method.Discussion: Application of the combined method of teaching patience and problem solving helped the students cope with their psychological stress, an inevitable part of social and educational life, significantly.

Introduction: The present research plan is intending to rove us with the acquaintance level of armed forces whit the methods of psychological war and the amount of armed forces information on psycho war to confront with them.Method: This is an analytic method. Statistical society includes all personnel armed forces unit. The volume of sample is equal to n=1055.statistical tools, average, standards deviation, percentage, che2 to compare qualitative and countable changeable have been used.Results: the achievements of this research show that studding the issue of psychological war is very necessary. The information on the method of psychological war and the ways to confront with them are not enough. And only a few people are being thought in this regard. The acquaintance level with the ways of confronting with psychological war and education majors show that differences with assurance amount is 95% meaningful. Due to the sample of the research, the methods of enemy's psychological wars are respectively applied by cultural and economic actions. Then by political and security actions and finally by military action against Islamic Republic system.Discussion: Studying the issue of psychological war and the ways of confronting with it in armed forces is very necessary. In this regard, carrying some research plans, preparation and implementing training programs and information dissemination to increase the information level armed forces on the methods of psychological war and the ways of confronting whit them is necessary.