JOURNAL OF MILITARY PSYCHOLOGY (JMP)
Year:2020 | Volume:11 | Issue:43|Papers Count:6

Introduction: This study was aimed at the development of a martyrdom-seeking model based on personality traits with the mediating role of religious attitude and practice of religious beliefs. Considering the importance of martyrdom and martyrdom-seeking in Islamic culture, especially in Shiism, studying the relationship between the personality component and the desire for martyrdom-seeking with the mediation of religious orientation and practice of religious beliefs can yield interesting and applicable results in various fields of study. Method: In this descriptive-correlational study, 271 Basiji girls were selected from the community of active Basiji girls in Fasa, Iran using the convenience sampling method. The research instruments were the NEO Five-Factor Personality Inventory (short form), the Religious Attitude Questionnaire, the Practice of Religious Beliefs Questionnaire and a researchermade martyrdom-seeking questionnaire. Results: The results of the present study indicated that extroversion, agreeability and accountability have a direct positive effect and an indirect positive effect through the endogenous variables religious attitude and practice of religious beliefs on the desire for martyrdom-seeking, but flexibility had a significant direct and indirect negative effect on the desire for martyrdom-seeking. Also, no direct and indirect relationship was observed between the exogenous variable neuroticism and the desire for martyrdom-seeking. Conclusion: The developed martyrdom-seeking model, based on the exogenous variable personality and endogenous variables religious attitude and practice of religious beliefs, could explain 75% of the martyrdom-seeking changes of the model, which indicates the fit of the model.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to determine the impact of social and emotional skills training on reducing addiction potential among the male students of Shahed High Schools. Method: Using the availability sampling method, two groups of 25 people were selected completely randomly as the experimental group and the control group. To collect the research data, both groups were made to take the Addiction Potential Questionnaire as a pre-test. Then the experimental group participated in ten one-hour sessions of social and emotional skills training. During this period, the control group did not receive any intervention. At the end of the training, the Addiction Potential Questionnaire was administered on the subjects as a post-test. Analysis of covariance was used to analyze the results. Results: Data analysis shows that teaching social and emotional skills reduces addiction potential, addiction readiness and decrease in confession of it among students. Discussion: The results indicate that this method can be used as a coping approach in the education of adolescents, which should be considered by reference groups such as counselors, school educators and social planners.

Introduction: The present study is aimed at examining the relationship between the personality traits of the educational commanders in an Organizational University and the effectiveness of their performance. Method: This is an applied research work in regard to purpose, and it is a kind of correlational study with regard to its nature and method. The statistical population of this research included the educational commanders in an Organizational University. The sample included all the member of the population, but its size is not revealed due to the confidentiality of the data. Both library and field methods were used to collect data for this study. The data collection instruments were the Neo Personality Traits Questionnaire of (McCray and Costa) and a researcher-made questionnaire of performance effectiveness with a reliability (Cronbach's alpha) coefficient of 0. 88. To analyze the data, descriptive statistics including mean, variance and standard deviation, as well as inferential statistics including Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, Pearson correlation test and stepwise regression were used. Results: The results indicated a significant correlation between extraversion with a correlation coefficient of 0. 42, adaptability with a correlation coefficient of 0. 49, emotional stability with a correlation coefficient of 0. 45, openness to experience with a correlation coefficient of 0. 45 and conscientiousness with a correlation coefficient of 0. 45 and their effectiveness. These results are indicative of the relationship between commanders' personality traits and the effectiveness of their performance with a correlation coefficient of 0. 47 Discussion: Considering that these five traits are the personality traits of individuals and given the job conditions of the commanders, these types of traits affect the effectiveness of their performance more.

Introduction: Sleep disorder is common in military circles and, in turn, affects the cognitive functions of an individual. This study is aimed at examining the effect of a period of sleep deprivation on the selective attention, concentration, effortfulness and shooting scores of military personnel. Method: Ten soldiers of a military center were randomly selected and while being deprived of 30 hours of sleep, their attention, concentration and effortfulness performance (by d2 test) as well as their rifle shooting scores were evaluated and compared with their previous records. Results: The collected data were analyzed using analysis of variance at the significance level of 0. 05. The results revealed that 30 hours of sleep deprivation caused a significant decrease in shooting scores (p = 0. 003). On the other hand, the rate of the components related to attention, concentration and effortfulness, or the total efficiency of the subjects (p = 0. 11), or the error score (p = 0. 31) and concentration (p = 0. 23) did not change significantly. Discussion: In general, it can be said that although the sleep deprivation in question did not impair the attention, concentration and effortfulness of the subjects, their shooting scores decreased significantly, and this decrease indicates the independence of the mental factors in relation to sleep deprivation of the subjects in this study.

Introduction: The family is the oldest social institution that has existed since the beginning of human existence and is the basis of society. Therefore, the present study deals with the impact of group structural family therapy training on family functioning and marital satisfaction of women with disabled veteran husbands. Method: This is a quasi-experimental study conducted in 2018 using a pretest-posttest design with a control group. The research population included women living in Zahedan whose husbands were veterans with 25 to 40 percent disability. Following a demographic analysis and clinical interview of the patients, a group of 50 subjects having the research requirements was selected. After they answered the family functioning and marital satisfaction questionnaires and participated in the structural clinical interview for axes I, II, and DSM-IV disorders, 48 individuals who had received the lowest scores in family functioning and marital satisfaction questionnaires were selected and randomly assigned into an experimental group (n ₌ 24) and a control group (n ₌ 24). The experimental group received nine weekly 90-minute sessions of training while the control group received no training, and both groups took the posttest when the experimental group’ s training terminated. Shapiro-Wilk test, Levin test, Box test, Wilkes’ Lambda test and analysis of covariance were employed to analyze the data using SPSS-20 software. Results: The findings revealed that group structural family therapy training improved family functioning and marital satisfaction of women with disabled veteran husbands, and also the score difference between the experimental and control groups was significant (p < 0. 05). Discussion: In group structural family therapy, women were helped to simultaneously reveal their existing conflicts and make it possible for them to be resolved. They were practically helped to learn the correct way of solving these conflicts and to apply it in real life, which resulted in the improvement of their family functioning and marital satisfaction.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to determine the mediating role of self-knowledge and mindful attention in the relationship between emotion regulation and impulsivity among military personnel. Method: This is an applied research work which was carried out using the descriptive-correlational method. The statistical population (n ₌ 1500) consisted of all the male military personnel of the Tehran Naval Barracks in 2019. The minimum sample size is 200 people selected through the regular random sampling method from Naval Barracks in Tehran. The data collection instruments included the Cohesive Self-Knowledge Scale (Ghorbani et al., 2008), the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (Brown & Ryan, 2003), the Garnfsky Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (Garnfsky et al., 2001) and the Bart Impulsivity Scale (Bart et al., 2004). To describe and analyze the raw data and to draw the correlation matrix, SPSS software was used. Also, to determine the conformity of the assumed model with the observed data and to test the research hypothesis, structural equations – path analysis and AMOS software were used. In the present study, based on the measurement level of the variables and hypotheses in question, in the descriptive part, descriptive statistics such as mean, standard deviation as well as frequency distribution tables and graphs were used, and in the inferential part, path analysis based on the number of variables was used. Results: The findings revealed that, in the final model, all the direct paths are significant at less than 0. 01, and the interaction of self-knowledge with regulating emotions has the greatest mediating role in reducing impulsivity.