جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « Soldiers » در نشریات گروه « پزشکی »

Objectives :

The tendency to suicide in conscripts can be due to several factors, including organizational factors, socio-economic factors, and family emotional climate. The current study aims to develop a structural model to show the relationship of organizational and socio-economic factors with tendency to suicide in conscripts in Iran, considering the mediating role of family emotional climate.

Methods :

This is a descriptive-correlational study. The study population consists of all male conscripts of the Islamic Republic of Iran Police Force in 2021-2022. Of these, 1000 were selected by multi-stage cluster random sampling method from three provinces. The sample size was determined using Cochran’s formula. To collect data, the tendency to suicide scale based on the interpersonal-psychological theory of suicidal behavior, two researcher-made questionnaires of organizational and socio-economic factors, and Hilburn’s family emotional climate scale were used. Structural equation modeling (SEM), SPSS version 22, and Amos version 24 were used for data analysis.

Results :

The SEM model had an acceptable fit. The effect of organizational factors on the tendency to commit suicide mediated by the family emotional climate was significant and negative (β=-0.252, P=0.038). The effect of socio-economic factors on the tendency to suicide mediated by the family emotional climate was significant and negative (β=-0.267, P=0.002). The variables of organizational and socio-economic factors and family emotional climate together were able to explain 32.6% of variance in tendency to suicide. The organizational and socio-economic factors were able to explain 23.1% of variance in family emotional climate.

Conclusion:

 The organizational and socio-economic factors, by mediating role of family emotional climate, have a relationship with tendency to suicide in Iranian conscripts.

Suicidal thoughts are one of the main risk factors for suicide attempts, so understanding the factors associated with suicidal ideation in soldiers can be important in preventing and treating suicide in military environments. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the demographic factors of soldiers and their experience of suicidal ideation.

In a cross-sectional study, 150 soldiers were selected from military barracks in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province and answered the Beck Suicide Thought Questionnaire and the Demographic Characteristics Questionnaire. ANOVA and t-tests were used to analyze the data.

The findings of the present study showed that among the demographic factors of age, educational status, indigenous or non-indigenous, marital status, and length of service only native or non-native soldiers have a significant relationship with the experience of suicidal ideation (T = -2.033, P<0.05).

The findings of the present study showed that the non-native soldiers reported significantly more suicidal ideation than the native ones and this issue should be addressed by the officials and psychologists of military centers through more support, including providing facilities such as granting long vacations, working in less stressful tasks and psychological care such as conducting preliminary screenings and holding individual and group counseling for non-native soldiers.

The military as the first and largest incident response team in the event of unexpected accidents must be able to use their skills and speed of action to ensure the safe transfer of casualties and to prevent the aggravation of the injuries for the injured.

The current study aimed to determine the effect of teaching transportation of the injured at the accident scene by two methods of role-playing and demonstration on awareness, attitude, and performance of soldiers.

This quasi-experimental study was conducted in 2020 in Mashhad, Iran. Three military units were selected through a randomized allocation. These groups were divided into two test groups (role-playing and demonstration) and a control group. Each group consisted of 27 soldiers, who were selected through purposive sampling. Four 90 min classes regarding teaching the transportation of the injured at the accident scene were held for the test groups. No intervention was performed for the control group. Data collection was performed through questionnaires of awareness, attitude, and a checklist of valid and reliable researcher-made performance. Questionnaires and the checklist were filled before, immediately, and two weeks after the intervention. The collected data were analyzed using Chi-square and One-way ANOVA tests.

Although a significant difference was observed between the test groups (role-playing and demonstration) and control group in the awareness and attitude scores immediately after and two weeks after the intervention, respectively (P<0.001 and P<0.05), no significant difference was found between the performance scores of test groups and control group immediately and two weeks after the intervention (P>0.05).

Based on the results of the present study, due to the attractiveness of the role- playing and demonstration methods, it is suggested to consider new teaching methods in the usual training of soldiers in military centers.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of resilience training on the psychological capital of young soldiers with divorced parents of army senior military in Isfahan.

The research design was quasi-experimental and included a pretest and posttest that was performed in both experimental and control groups. The statistical population of the present study includes all soldiers with divorced parents of the senior military of the Isfahan city army in 1399. The sample consisted of 50 qualified soldiers who were selected using the available sampling method and were randomly assigned to the control (25) and experimental (25) groups. The educational intervention was performed on the experimental group for 45 days in ten sessions and was not provided to the educational control group. In this study, Mac Gee's diagnostic scales of psychological capital were used as a tool to measure the effectiveness of resilience training on psychological capital and the collected data were analyzed using the covariance method.

The results showed that resilience training method at the level of P <0.001 was significantly effective in increasing the psychological capital of senior soldiers with divorced parents.

The results showed that resilience skills training can be used as an effective way to increase the components of psychological capital in young soldiers with divorced parents of senior military soldiers.

Suicide is the third most common cause of death among young people and adolescents. Soldiers are among the young people at risk of suicide. It is therefore necessary to investigate the cause of soldiers' suicide. This study aimed to determine the causes of suicide of army soldiers in the western camp.

Research data were collected through a researcher-made questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS software, the reliability of which was reported to be 0.75 with Cronbach's alpha for factors affecting suicide and soldiers. The statistical population of this research includes the commanders of military units, inspection of military units, political ideology and information security as well as judicial branches of one of the military units of the western camp. The sample size includes 100 people who have been selected by available sampling method.

The findings of this study indicate that there is a relationship between soldiers' suicide (in order of priority) with family breakdown, parental addiction, poor economic status, quality of housing and food, and the amount of leave.

Paying attention to the quality of housing and food for soldiers, better planning for leave, identifying soldiers with broken families and addicted parents, and paying more attention to the economic situation of soldiers can be effective in preventing them to commit suicide.

Serving in military service is associated with opportunities and challenges. One of the most important concerns of families and their commanders is preventing any serious harm and maintaining the physical and mental health of soldiers.

The present study aimed to investigate the causes of escape from military service.

The present study is a qualitative study of the Grand Theory whose research community includes all soldiers with a history of escaping from military service. Based on purposive sampling, 53 soldiers were interviewed until theoretical data saturation. The data collection tool was semi-structured interviews. Other sources included printed and electronic library resources with data from valid and available scientific databases.

Based on the answers provided by the interviewees, 101 concepts were extracted from the interviews in the open coding stage. After analyzing and categorizing the concepts, 20 central codes and finally three selected codes including “personality causes”, “external organizational causes” and “internal organizational causes,” were obtained.

By identifying the compound causes of desertion, policymakers can put reforms in training, support, and administration on the agenda to reduce the trend of high-risk behaviors such as escaping.

Recognizing the factors involved in the resilience of soldiers and how to regulate emotions in the face of issues and problems of military service, can prevent the occurrence of many adverse behaviors in the military environment and also make the person more compatible with the environment. This study examines the relationship between emotion regulation and resilience and the factors affecting it in the soldiers of Marvdasht police command in 2020.

The present study is a quasi-experimental pre-test-post-test with two control and experimental groups, which was performed by random cluster sampling with a sample size of 118 people (59 people in each group) in 2020 in Marvdasht police stations. Demographic with 8 questions, resilience with 25 questions, cognitive emotion regulation with 18 questions, and self-efficacy with 32 questions questionnaires were used to collect data. Information using SPSS software version 22 Chi-square, Pearson correlation, independent t-test, and linear regression were analyzed.

The results showed that the scores of self-efficacy and resilience before and after the intervention of emotion regulation skills on resilience were statistically significant in the experimental group (P>0.001), while these changes were not significant in the control group (P=0.706). Within the groups, the scores of emotional regulations before and after the intervention in the control and intervention groups did not show a significant difference, but the mean of changes in the intervention group was higher. Also, the results of the Pearson correlation test showed that there is a correlation between resilience and emotion regulation (r=0.302, P=0.002). Linear regression analysis to determine the effect of emotion regulation on resilience in both experimental and control groups after the intervention also showed that 8% of changes in resilience score depend on emotion regulation.

Emotion regulation skills training intervention has a significant effect on resilience using self-efficacy theory on soldiers.

Our country is exposed to all kinds of natural and man-made hazards. The armed forces with the ability of regional distribution and quick action, are one of the first organizations to become present in crisis. Therefore, this study was designed to determine the effect of buddy aid education on the knowledge, attitude, and performance of soldiers.

The present study is an experimental and two-group study conducted in 2017. Two units from which settled in Khorramabad were randomly allocated to two experimental and comparison groups. 25 soldiers from each group (experimental and comparison) were selected by simple random sampling. The researcher held six two-hour sessions of buddy aid education in the form of combination training for the experimental group. No intervention was performed by the researcher for the comparison group and like the previous procedure, the training of the comparison group was carried out by lecture method. Knowledge and attitude questionnaires and 5 valid and reliable researcher-made checklists were used to collect data. Questionnaires and checklists were completed before and one week after the intervention by the research units in both experimental and comparison groups. Fisher's test, independent sample t-test and paired sample t-test were used to analyze the data.

There was no significant difference between the two groups in terms of demographic characteristics (P>0.05). Besides, there was no significant difference between the two groups in knowledge, attitude and practice before the intervention (P>0.05). After the educational intervention, there was a significant difference between the two experimental and comparison groups in the mean scores of the knowledge areas and the 5 cases of performance (fracture care, bleeding control, transportation of the injured by firefighting procedures, stick and crawl methods) (P>0.05) so that the test group score was higher in both knowledge and performance. There was no significant difference between the two experimental and comparison groups in the attitude (P>0.05).

Given the important and wide role of armed forces in crisis, training of duty personnel through a coherent training program and holding of training classes with an emphasis on practical training is recommended.

In response to the increasing rate of suicides in the world's armies, which also has significant statistics, attention and focus on the development and implementation of suicide prevention interventions have increased. Accordingly, the present study intends to evaluate the effectiveness of brief cognitive-behavioral therapy on reducing suicidal ideation of a group of soldiers.

In a quasi-experimental study based on a pre-and post-test design and control group, 24 soldiers were first selected using purposive sampling and then randomly divided into two experimental and control groups of 12 people. Brief cognitive-behavioral therapy was performed in the form of 10 sessions on a weekly basis for the experimental group. Data collection tools were Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation (BSSI). The collected data were analyzed using univariate analysis of covariance methods in SPSS (V21.0) software.

Data analysis showed that brief cognitive-behavioral therapy was significantly effective in reducing soldiers' suicidal ideation after the intervention (P <0.05).

Based on the research findings, it can be concluded that brief cognitive-behavioral therapy is effective in reducing soldiers' suicidal ideation. Therefore, the intervention used in the present study can be used as an appropriate method to reduce suicidal ideation, especially in soldiers and militaries, in psychological centers.

Musculoskeletal disorders are among the most common causes of occupational injuries and disabilities in countries around the world. One of the times when people are at risk for musculoskeletal disorders is during the military. Considering the importance of soldiers' health, which is one of the main military pillars of the country, and considering that previous studies have further examined other occupations. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the effect of the intervention program on the level of risk of musculoskeletal disorders in soldiers in different parts of a military unit.

The present study was a quasi-experimental study that was performed on 140 male workers working by hand in different units of a military area in southern Iran in 2020. Sampling was available by sampling method. Assessing and determining the risk level for musculoskeletal disorders was performed using Rapid Exposure Assessment (QEC) software. Educational intervention for the intervention group, 4 60-minute training sessions were held. One month after the end of the educational intervention, the risk assessment of the risk of developing musculoskeletal disorders in both groups was determined. Data analysis was performed using SPSS-24 statistical software.

The level of risk of musculoskeletal disorders after the educational intervention in the intervention group decreased compared to the control group and was statistically significant (P<0.05). Also, after the educational intervention in the two groups of intervention and control, in terms of the level of exposure to the risk factors of vibration, speed at work and job stress, there were no changes in the level of risk and training did not cause a statistically significant difference in these three factors (P>0.05). The level of whole body exposure risk for musculoskeletal disorders in the two groups of intervention and control after educational intervention is statistically significant (P<0.05).

Based on the findings of the present study, the rate of musculoskeletal disorders in soldiers was high and correctional exercises had a significant effect on musculoskeletal disorders. Since musculoskeletal disorders are preventable, it can be concluded that planned trainings to the target community, including educational interventions, can be effective and useful.

Non-suicidal self-injurious behaviors could strongly predict future suicide attempts. To better understand this behavior and related and mediating factors, this study was conducted to determine the mediating role of self-compassion in the relationship of Alexithymia and symptoms of Borderline Personality with non-suicidal self-injury behaviors in soldiers.

The study design was descriptive-correlational through structural equation modeling. The sample of the study (n=254) was selected by convenience sampling method among all the army soldiers in Tehran, Iran in 2019. The soldiers completed the scales including the Deliberate Self-harm Inventory (DSHI), Borderline Personality Scale (STB), Self-Compassion Scale (SCS) Short-Form, Cognitive Flexibility Inventory (CFI), and The Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire. Data were analyzed via Pearson correlation coefficient and the path analysis of structural equation modeling using SPSS-20 and Lisrel-8.80.

The NNSI is significantly correlated with a general score of Alexithymia (p=0.01, r=0.39) and borderline symptoms (p=0.01, r=0.64). However, it has a negative correlation with self-compassion score (p=0.01, r=-0.60). The self-compassion score is also negatively correlated with the general score of Alexithymia (p=0.01, r=-0.41) and borderline symptoms (p=0.01, r=-0.60). Moreover, the results of the path analysis showed that self-compassion acts as a mediator between the relation of NSSI with Alexithymia and borderline symptoms.

Self-compassion could be a protective factor against the negative effects of Alexithymia and borderline symptoms. In other words, the critical Alexithymia and borderline symptoms leading to NNSI behaviors are mediated by self-compassion. Thus, including this protective factor in preventive and therapeutic programs for NNSI in soldiers is highly recommended.

Military service is a period that can be a source of tension and psychological trauma for some soldiers. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness therapy on positive emotion regulation strategies and executive function.

This study was a quasi-experimental study with pre- and post-test with control and post-test groups. The study population consisted of soldiers in Imam Reza (AS) Northeast Air Defense Center in Mashhad. Forty soldiers were selected by convenience sampling and were assigned randomly into two groups. The tools used in this study were the Emotional Adjustment Strategies Questionnaire and the Tower of London Questionnaire.

The mindfulness interventions had a significant effect on increasing the mean score of the experimental group in executive function (P<0.001) and improving the level of emotion regulation strategies (P<0.001).

Considering the significant effect of mindfulness on research variables, it seems that implementation of this treatment at the broader levels of the community of soldiers can improve the mental health of this community.

Given the high prevalence of self-mutilation during military service as an important and sometimes stressful period for young people, it is essential to identify the interventions that prevent or reduce this problem. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of Emotional Schema Therapy on improving cognitive emotion regulation in the soldiers with self-mutilation attempts.

This study was conducted following a pretest-posttest quasi-experimental study design in 2019. The participants in this study consisted of 20 soldiers who referred to (505 Army Psychiatric Hospital) and were selected using availability sampling assigned to two groups, the experimental group and the control group awaiting treatment (10 in each group). Participants in the experimental group received 10 sessions of Emotional Schema Therapy for 90 minutes per week, and participants in the control group awaiting treatment did not receive any intervention. The instruments used in this study included Inventory of statements about self-injury (ISAS), Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ), Leahy Emotional Schema Scale (LESS), and a researcher-made demographic information questionnaire.

The mean ages of soldiers in the experimental and control groups were 19.7±1.6 and 19.5±1.7 years old, respectively. All participants were male and single. The results obtained from Multivariate Analysis of Covariance (MANCOVA) confirmed the effect of Emotional Schema Therapy on reducing self-mutilation attempts (75%) and increased cognitive emotion regulation (76-89 percent) in soldiers (P<0.01).

According to the findings of the present study, it is suggested that Emotional Schema Therapy was effective and psychologists in military counseling centers after completing the necessary training courses, use the emotional schema therapy approach to treat and reduce self-mutilation attempts in soldiers.