مجله روانشناسی نظامی
پیاپی 10 (تابستان 1391)

The aim of the present study is to investigate the effect of anger management training on Happiness and self-esteem in third year adolescent male students of middle school (Case study: schools of a military town)
In the quasi-experimental design¡ 36 cases of male students were selected by available sampling method and were divided into experimental and control groups. To determine the Happiness of the students¡ the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire was used To measure students'' self-confidence¡ self-confidence scale of Coper Smith was used. Anger management strategies were provided for the experimental group in 8 sessions of 60 minutes in 6 weeks. Analysis of covariance was used to analyze the test data.
Results showed that anger management training increases the level of happiness and self-esteem of students.
Anger management components as independent variables; increase the level of happiness and self-esteem of adolescent students. It indicates that by training the anger management¡ students'' psychological characteristics such as happiness and self-esteem can be improved.

This study has been done to determine the impact of life skills training to improve communication skills in Military Families’ students of Tehran University.
In this study¡ two groups of 30 students at Tehran University¡ were selected by Non-random sampling. To collect data Communication skills questionnaire was used. Training workshop was conducted on Role Playing¡ questioning and answering which was taught by psychology professors. And relevant information was compared before and after training. Descriptive and Inferential statistics were used to analyze the data.
Results showed that the training will improve communication skills of students. Obtained scores were significant (p life skills Training have a positive impact on improving and enhancing the communication skills of individuals especially the students. Life skills are about how to act and behave. And if they are taught in practical¡ can change behavior in members of society¡ to promote the community.

Different organizational environment and the organizational culture govern them have a significant effect on health and life quality of medical staff. Human workers as the base of health systems¡ have important role in achieving organizational goals. Therefore it is important to take into account their health and qualities of life. The purpose of this study was to conduct a comparative study to evaluate the life quality of nurses with paramedical workers in the selected military and non military hospitals.
This research is a cross-sectional descriptive study. 375 Nursing and Paramedical personnel of two military and non-military hospitals of Tehran were studied in a systematic random manner. Data collection tools were the demographic characteristic questionnaire and the short form (SF36) questionnaire of life quality. Statistical chi-square¡ Mann-Whitney and Spearman tests and spss software were used for analyzing the information.
Comparative study of scores of life quality among nurses and paramedical staff of two hospitals (military and non-military) showed a significant difference (p

One of the psychological traumas in the mental health field is suicidal behavior. Commitment to religious beliefs plays an important role in the prevention of suicidal behaviors. The aim of this study was to reveal the relationship between suicide attempt and religious orientation among soldiers in a Iranian military organizations.
In this descriptive-correlational study¡ 1659 soldiers were selected from military organizations of 6 province by multi-phase cluster random sampling. Study instruments included Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation (BSSI) and religious orientation criteria. Data was analyzed by using statistical methods¡ correlation¡ t-test of independent groups¡ and chi-square methods.
Results showed that suicide attempt among the two groups was 5.7%. Also the results showed that there was a significant deference between the soldiers with precedent suicide attempt and those with no precedent suicide attempt¡ in terms of scores of religious (Islamic) orientation questionnaire. Furthermore¡ the results showed that there is a difference between suicide attempters in terms of religious orientation. Soldiers with strong religious orientation less likely commit suicide¡ compared with soldiers with weak religious orientation.
According to the results of this research¡ we can conclude that there is a relationship between religious orientation and suicide attempt. Furthermore¡ the levels of religious orientation are also different in soldiers with precedent suicide attempt. Therefore instilling religious beliefs and strengthening religious orientation in young soldiers¡ is effective in reducing suicide behavior.

This research is to develop¡ validate¡ and normalize a military morale questionnaire.
In the first stage¡ after review the related literature a 128 items questionnaire was developed and delivered to 28 experts in this context. The items that 0.67 of experts had recognized as favorable¡ were chosen. Then Brimfield and Ross''s job satisfaction questionnaire and the above mentioned questionnaire were administered on a sample of military cadres of Islamic revolution guards'' corps¡ which were attended in different military training courses held in a military college. Sampling technique was cluster¡ and there were used descriptive statistics (such as¡ frequency¡ mean¡ standard deviation¡ percentage rank¡ Z¡ and T scores) and inferential statistics (such as¡ Pearson correlation coefficient¡ Cronbach''s alpha coefficient¡ Spearman correlation coefficient¡ factor analysis¡ analysis of variance¡ KMO¡ and T test). SPSS 9.5 was used in analyzing data.
Findings showed that the new designed military morale questionnaire had a high validity and reliability (0.98). Results of factor analysis indicated that¡ new military morale scale was made up of four categories: leadership¡ organizational belongingness¡ coping skills¡ and group work. Military morale norms based on age¡ military rank¡ tenure¡ education¡ being married or not married¡ and the position rank are reported too
The extracted categories for military morale are consistent with theoretical considerations about military morale. The new designed military morale scale can be used as an instrument to evaluate personnel''s military morale in different military contexts¡ and in making decisions regarding human resources'' management in military units.

Guaranteeing the mental health of military forces is of paramount importance given the nature of their profession. The present study aimed at investigating the prevalence of psychological disorders among the target military staff.
The design of the study was descriptive-cross sectional. The participants of the study were 1835 members of army staff. They were selected from among 11 regiments by using cluster sampling. The data was collected through a self-designed questionnaire on demographic characteristics and an SCL-90 test.
Then¡ the data was analyzed by running the descriptive statistics and analysis variance functions of SPSS software and the LSD test.
The prevalence of psychological disorders was found to be 16/3%. The highest distributions of the psychological disorders investigated in the study were respectively related to depression (16.7%)¡ obsessive- compulsive disorder (15.8%)¡ somatization (15.6%)¡ interpersonal sensitivity (15.4%)¡ anxiety (15.3)¡ psychoticism (15.3%)¡ phobic anxiety (12.6%)¡ and paranoid ideation (8.9%). Concerning the demographic variables¡ the findings of the study suggested that the more the age¡ the more the likelihood of suffering from psychological disorders would be.
Considering the outbreak rate of psychological disorders among the army staff investigated in the study¡ the importance and the delicacy of their profession¡ and the discrepancy between the results from epidemiological studies¡ it seems necessary to carry out similar studies with the same method on other army units and to have periodical check-ups in order to keep their mental health.