The Effectiveness of Promoting Individual-Social Mental Health on Psychological Well-being of Law Enforcement Personnel of Tabriz, Iran

Aim and Background: In terms of the inherent characteristics of the military career, law enforcement personnel as human resources of NAJA (Law Enforcement Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran) organization face multiple occupational issues; and as a result, they are more exposed to psychological vulnerability than other employees. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of promoting individual and social mental health on psychological well-being of law enforcement personnel in Tabriz, Iran. Methods and Materials: This study was a semi-experimental research with pre- and post-test design and control group. The statistical population consisted of the law enforcement personnel of Tabriz in 2017. Of them, 30 people were selected by purposeful sampling method and divided into experimental and control groups. The experimental group participated in mental health promotion program for 10 sessions of 45 minutes. Then, they were tested. Ryff’s Scale of Psychological Well-being (SPWB) was used to collect data. Data were analyzed using descriptive methods including mean, standard deviation (SD), and multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) through SPSS software. Findings: The mean of psychological well-being in NAJA staff after intervention in post-test was increased in the experimental group (11.87 ± 1.18) compared to the control group (6.33 ± 1.04), (P < 0.01). The study showed that individual-social mental health promotion program can be used as an appropriate intervention for increasing the psychological well-being of law enforcement personnel.