An Investigation of the Factors Affecting Courage among the Cadets of Imam Ali Military University and Mechanisms of Boosting it

Courage is of crucial significance for the cadets of Imam Ali Military University, who are supposed to function as the wouldbe commanders and leaders of the army of the I.R of Iran and protect the territory and sovereignty of country. To this end, this study was an attempt to investigate the factors which may affect their courage to conduct this descriptive study, a questionnaire was distributed among the participants composed of both descriptive and inferential statistics revealed that four factors including family setting, personality factors, organizational training and atmosphere are fundamental in boosting the courage.