JOURNAL OF MILITARY PSYCHOLOGY (JMP)
Year:2020 | Volume:10 | Issue:40 |Papers Count:8

Introduction: War, as a cause of severe stress, has far-reaching consequences for the mental health, well-being and quality of life of disabled veterans and their families that persist for a long time after the end of the war. The aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of coping strategies in the relationship between emotional dysregulation and quality of life in disabled veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. Method: The present study was performed using the correlational method of structural equation modeling. The statistical population included all the disabled veterans in Yasuj, Iran from among whom 200 people were selected through the available sampling method. The instruments utilized for data collection included a coping questionnaire, a quality of life scale and a scale for difficulties in emotion regulation. Results: The obtained results revealed that there is a negative significant relationship between emotional dysregulation and quality of life. There was also a significant relationship between emotional dysregulation and coping strategies with quality of life. In addition, coping strategies played a mediating role in the relationship between emotional dysregulation and quality of life in disabled veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. Discussion: The research model indicated a suitable and acceptable fit with the obtained data, and the assumed structural relationships were confirmed. This model can be used to design a psychological intervention model aimed at reducing the difficulties of emotion regulation and improving effective coping strategies and quality of life in disabled veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder.

Introduction: Sport is known as a basic international industry around the world. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on the clinical symptoms of anxiety in the male athletes of a military unit. Method: This is a semi-experimental study with pretest-posttest and control group, in which the impact of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on the reduction of the clinical symptoms of anxiety in the 20 to 35-year-old athletes of a military unit was evaluated. In this study, the purposive convenience sampling method was used. From among all the male athletes in a military unit that met the entry criteria, 32 were selected with a score of 12 to 26 in the Beck Anxiety Questionnaire and randomly assigned to two intervention and control groups each including16 athletes. The subjects in the experimental group participated in eight 2-hour sessions of group therapy on a weekly basis, but the control group members did not receive any treatment. After the treatment, the post-test was administered to both groups. Results: The results of the analysis of covariance indicate that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy affects the clinical symptoms of anxiety. Discussion: Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy training can reduce clinical symptoms of anxiety in military athletes.

Introduction: Disabled veterans are exposed to post-traumatic stress disorder and problems in their marital relationships due to their exposure to war incidents. The aim of the present study was to investigate the mediating role of post-traumatic stress disorder in the relationship between personality traits and the desire for divorce in disabled veterans. Method: The research method utilized here is descriptive-correlational. Using the purposive sampling method, 128 disabled veterans were selected from among the clients referring to family courts and counseling centers in Tehran. The Impact of Event Scale (self-report version), the Five-Factor Personality Questionnaire and the Desire for Divorce Scale were used as data collection instruments. Statistical correlation test and path analysis were used to analyze the data. Results: The results showed that personality traits including extroversion, flexibility, agreeableness and shouldering responsibility have an indirect relationship and neuroticism has a direct relationship with the desire for divorce. The results further revealed that, in disabled veterans, personality traits lead to marital problems and a desire for divorce through creating post-traumatic stress disorder. Discussion: Based on the results, disabled veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder can be helped to reduce their marital dissatisfaction by correcting their personality problems and subsequently eliminating this disorder.

Introduction: This study was conducted to investigate the mediating role of organizational commitment in the relationship between personality traits and the morale of Basij members. Method: The statistical population of the study consisted of the active Basij members of Mazandaran Province, Iran (about 7000 people) who had participated in Salehin Project. From among about 7000 men and women, a group of 365 people was selected using the stratified cluster random sampling method. The instruments used in this study were the Mayer and Allen's (1991) Standard Organizational Commitment Questionnaire, the Personality Traits Questionnaire and a researcher-made morale questionnaire (2017), and the reliability index of all the instruments was above 0. 7. For data analysis, in addition to descriptive methods, Spearman correlation test, strong regression and Sobel test were used. Results: The results revealed that at 0. 05 confidence level, there was a significant relationship between personality traits and morale, and also the mediating role of organizational commitment in this relationship was confirmed.

Introduction: Due to its special conditions, military service is always full of stress and stressful conditions that affect the mental health of soldiers, but the resilience of individuals can make them more capable of adapting to these conditions. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between empathy and kindness with the resilience of soldiers in a military organ. Method: The method of this study was descriptive-correlational, and the statistical population consisted of all the soldiers in one of the military training units of the Islamic Republic of Iran in 2019 including 400 people. The sample size consisted of 100 subjects selected by the simple random sampling method. The data were collected using the Mehrabian and Epstein Empathy Questionnaire (1972), the Rashton et al. 's (1981) Global Desirable Social Behavior Scale (self-report altruism) and the Connor and Davidson's Resilience Scale. The collected data were analyzed with SPSS software using central and dispersion indices and Pearson correlation and regression tests. Results: The results indicated that there is a positive, significant relationship between empathy and altruism with resilience (p < 0/001). The stepwise regression analysis further revealed that empathy and altruism predict resilience. Discussion: Holding empathy and altruism workshops to promote resilience can prevent soldiers' depression and psychological problems.

Introduction: The family is considered the basis and foundation of any society, and while being the center of comfort and tranquility, it is also the place where couples' opinions and attitudes clash. Marital conflict and anger are the consequences of incorrect communication patterns in the family. Method: This study was aimed at investigating the impact of cognitive-behavioral family therapy on anger control and reduction of marital conflict in couples referring to the counseling center of Police Station 11 in Khorramabad, Iran. The statistical population included all the couples of Law Enforcement personnel who referred to the police counseling center. The sample size included 3 couples (6 people) who had referred to the police counseling center due to family problems. In this study, a single-case design of asynchronous multiple baseline type was used. The cognitive-behavioral family therapy protocol was administered in three baseline stages, ten 90-minute intervention sessions and a two-month follow-up, and the subjects responded to marital conflict and anger control scales. Results: The data were analyzed using visual charting, reliable change index and improvement percentage formula. The findings showed that the rates of improvement in anger control variable in the post-treatment and the follow-up stages were 40. 64% and 41. 43% respectively, and in marital conflict variable in the post-treatment and the follow-up stages the rates were 49. 88% and 49. 69%, respectively. Thus, the findings of the study indicate that cognitive-behavioral family therapy has been effective in controlling anger and reducing marital conflict. Discussion: The research findings show that cognitive-behavioral family therapy has been effective in controlling anger and reducing marital conflicts.