مجله روانشناسی نظامی
پیاپی 30 (تابستان 1396)

The purpose of this research is to determine the effectiveness of group therapy based on acceptance and commitment on quality of life in a military unit.
Research design is quasi-experimental with control group and assessment into pre-test, post-test and a follow up that lasted for a month. For this purpose, 60 personnel of the military personnel with entry criteria (male, aged between 20 and 40 years, minimum education diploma) were selected into purposive sampling and were randomly assigned into two group of experimental and control. Subjects of group experimental received group therapy training based on commitment and acceptance in 8 sessions about 90 minutes. Research tools were Questionnaire quality of life.
result showed that group therapy training based on acceptance and commitment cause of significant decrease On quality of life in the stage of posttest and follow up (p Finding of this research indicate effectiveness of group therapy training based on acceptance and commitment on quality of life.

The families whose heads serve in military occupations are highly important due to the special sensitivities and special risks of military occupations. Hence, the present study aims at investigating the role of metacognitive beliefs and emotion regulation strategies in the psychological well-being of the wives of military personnel.
The present study is based on a retrospective prediction design, and the Wells & Cartwright Metacognitive Beliefs Questionnaires, the Garnefski Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, and the Ryff Scales of Psychological Well-Being were utilized to collect the required data. The obtained data from 99 subjects, selected through the cluster sampling method, were analyzed using simultaneous regression analysis.
The results showed that positive beliefs about anxiety, confidence in memory, positive refocusing, and catastrophic state can predict the psychological well-being of the wives of military personnel.
In dealing with negative events, the more the wives of military personnel exaggerate such events and consider them as disaster, and the less confidence they have in their memory and imagine that they can get problems under control by being more concerned about them, the less well-being and psychological health they will enjoy. However, focusing on positive affairs in dealing with worrying issues will enhance their psychological well-being.

Psychological well-being of nurses is an important factor of their professional health, and it is essential for providing effective care for patients. This study aims to determine the relationship between alexithymia and emotional intelligence and psychological well-being among the nurses working in a military hospital.
The population consisted of all the nurses in a military hospital in Dezful. From among them, 100 nurses were selected using the simple random sampling method. The research method is descriptive correlational. To collect the required data, the Alexithymia Scale (FTAS-20), the Standard Emotional Intelligence questionnaire, and the Psychological Well-Being Questionnaire (PWBS) were used. Data analysis was carried out using Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis.
The results indicated a negative relationship between alexithymia and psychological well-being and a positive relationship between emotional intelligence and psychological well-being. The results of regression analysis further showed that alexithymia and emotional intelligence are predictors of psychological well-being among the nurses in a military hospital (0/05).
We can conclude that there is a negative relationship between alexithymia and psychological well-being, there is a positive relationship between emotional intelligence and psychological well-being, and alexithymia and emotional intelligence can predict psychological well-being.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of acceptance and commitment-based therapy (ACT) on thought control strategies among patients with war-caused posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in Sari, Iran.
This is an experimental study with a pretest-posttest and control group design. The population consisted of the veterans enlisted in Martyrs Foundation (Bonyad Shahid) in Sari who were diagnosed with PTSD. A sample of 28 patients was randomly selected and placed into two groups of 14 cases as the experimental group and 14 cases as the control group. Both groups were tested before the experiment. Then the acceptance and commitment-based therapy was conducted on the experimental group during eight 120-minute sessions per week. The data collection instrument was the Thought Control Questionnaire (TCQ; Wells and Davies, 1994) whose validity was confirmed and its reliability was worked out to be 0.81. Data analysis was carried out using descriptive and inferential statistics.
The results of covariance analysis revealed that acceptance and commitment-based therapy impacts on thought control strategies.
Acceptance and commitment-based therapy affects refusal, punishment, re-evaluation, anxiety, and social control. In other words, it can be said that this kind of treatment was continued in the follow-up stage and significantly affected thought control strategies of the people with PTSD.

In view of the fact that war veterans’ wives are the most vulnerable people among their caretakers and relatives, it is a necessity to train and cure the psychological problems with these women, who are the major bases of the family. The purpose of the present research is to investigate the effect of psychological training on improvement of the mental health of spouses of war veterans with chronic psychosis in Tehran Province.
The research was performed with semi-pilot method and with a pretest-posttest design on families visiting Sadr Psychiatry Hospital in Tehran. 22 spouses of war veterans were selected with availability sampling method, and included in the two experimental and control groups. General health assessment scale (28-QHG) and demographic characteristics were used for data collection. SPSS software and covariance analysis statistical test were used for data analysis.
Based on the data obtained from the research, psychological training has been effective on improvement of the research participants’ mental health and the variables depending on it in (P In general, psychological training sessions have been effective on enhancement and improvement of the mental health of spouses of psychotic war veterans.

Resiliency is a construct which has gained attention recently as one of the variables related to human health and well-being, especially for military personnel, more than ever before. Hence, this study was carried out to investigate the predictive role of psychological hardiness and tolerance of ambiguity in the resiliency of military forces.
This is a correlational study carried out within the framework of regression. The study population consisted of all the personnel, including the conscripts and the official members, of a military unit. The sample included 263 subjects selected using the multi-stage cluster sampling method. The Ahvaz Hardiness Inventory (Kiyumarsi et al., 1998), Budner's Intolerance of Ambiguity Scale (1962), and the Canner-Davidson Resilience Scale were used to collect data. Pearson correlation coefficient and regression analysis were utilized to analyze the data.
The results of the analyses revealed that there is a positive relationship between psychological hardiness and tolerance of ambiguity and resiliency among military forces, and these predictive variables can predict and partially explain resiliency variance in military personnel (p Given the findings, it can be maintained that hardiness and tolerance of ambiguity are variables which can partially explain resiliency variance in military personnel, and they can be used to improve military personnel’s resiliency which plays a vital role in their health and efficiency.