Iranian Journal of War and Public Health
Volume:9 Issue: 37, 2017

Aims: Impairment in executive functions can result in impaired self-regulatory behavior and social skills deficiency, and experiential avoidance is a strong predictor of psychological signs and symptoms. This study was aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy on executive function and experiential avoidance among veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
This study was conducted in a quasi-experimental, pretest-posttest design with control group in 2017. The studied population was included all male veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder referred to Quds hospital in Sanandaj. 40 veterans were selected using available sampling method and were divided randomly in two experimental and control groups. The Wisconsin card sorting test (WCST) and acceptance and action questionnaire (AAQ) were used to collect information. The data were analyzed using SPSS 20 software by multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA).
Findings: After controlling the pre-test scores, the results showed that the mean scores of experimental group in number of categories and preservative error as the sub-components of executive function, and experiential avoidance were significantly lower than the control group (p Cognitive-behavioral therapy is efficient to increase executive function and to reduce experiential avoidance among veterans with PTSD.

Aims: This study investigated the effect of training forgiveness training on resilience and perceived stress in veterans’ wives. The study took place in 2016. The research was conducted among veteran's wives who have been used from services of Martyr foundation and Veteran's affairs, in Isfahan city.
Method & material: Research is an applied research that used experimental plan with pre-test, post-test and control group. Sample volume was 40 veterans’ wives that selected from available sampling method. To gathering data, we used Connor-Davidson resilience questionnaire and Cohens perceived stress questionnaire.
The result showed that there is a significant difference between the mean score of resiliency in the pre-test and post-test in experimental group (p The results showed that forgiveness teaching caused decreasing perceived stress and increasing resilience of sample group.

Aims: Low back pain as a common health issue is more problematic than other complications of amputation. Due to the etiology of amputation in veterans, different factors may be related to the severity of back pain. The aim of this study was to evaluate the factors related to the severity of low back pain in veterans with unilateral below-knee amputation.
Instruments & In this descriptive correlational study, 62 male veterans with unilateral below-knee amputation in 2016 were selected using available sampling method from Center of Orthosis and Prosthetics Kowsar in Tehran. The severity of back pain and disability caused by low back pain were evaluated by Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), respectively. Biomechanical evaluations were carried out using surface electromyography. Data was analyzed by SPSS 20 software using Pearson correlation coefficient, Spearman's rank correlation coefficient, simple linear regression and Chi square test.
Findings: There was a significant correlation between pain severity and asymmetry index of superficial lumbar multifidus muscle (r=0.31; p=0.01). Asymmetry index of superficial lumbar multifidus muscle could predict 0.09 of pain severity (p Muscle asymmetry due to the use of the prosthesis, prosthesis height, amputation-associated psychological disorders and smoking are the factors related to the severity of low back pain in veterans with unilateral below-knee amputation.

Aims: Subjective well-being is a key constructs of mental health and it is very important to identify the factors that influence it. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to predict the subjective well-being of post-traumatic stress disorder in veterans based on spiritual intelligence, perceived stress and perceived social support.
Instruments & In this descriptive-correlational study, 120 veterans with post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD), hospitalized in Isar psychiatric hospital of Ardabil, were studied in 2017. The convenience sampling method was employed to select the veterans. The instruments, including posttraumatic stress disorder checklist military version (PCL-M), subjective well-being scale, spiritual intelligence scale of king, the multidimensional scale of perceived social support (MSPSS) and perceived stress scale were used to collect the required information. The data were analyzed by SPSS 21 software using Pearson correlation coefficient and multivariate regression analysis.
Findings: The subjective well-being in the veterans with PTSD showed positive correlations with spiritual intelligence (r=0.91; p High levels of spiritual intelligence and perceived social support, as well as low level of perceived stress, improve the subjective well-being in the veterans with PTSD.

Aim: Veterans are more susceptible to emotional distress which may affect the well-being of their family members. Coping strategies adopted by adolescents can play an efficient role in their quality of life and psychological state. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the role of coping strategies with stress in psychological resilience and quality of life of female adolescents with veteran father.
Instruments & This descriptive correlational study was conducted on female students whose father was a veteran in 2015. A population of 170 students was selected using convenience sampling method from Shahed secondary high-schools of Rasht City. Connor-Davidson resilience scale, Endler and Parker coping questionnaire and quality of life questionnaire were used to collect information from the participants. The data were analyzed by SPSS 18 software using Pearson correlation test and multiple regression analysis.
Findings: The problem-focused (beta=0.54), emotion-focused (beta=-0.28) and avoidance-focused (beta=0.14) coping strategies could significantly predict 48% of variance in resilience. Also, the problem-focused (beta=0.49), emotion-focused (beta=-0.21) and avoidance-focused (beta=-0.14) coping strategies could significantly predict 30% of variance in quality of life (p Stress coping strategies predict the psychological resilience and quality of life of female adolescents with veteran father.

Aims: Students with veteran parents are encountered with issues that are differed from those for normal students. The use of self-regulated learning strategies affects student's performance. The present study was aimed to investigate the relationship between intelligence beliefs and achievement motivation with self-regulated learning of students with veteran parents injured more than 40%.
Instruments & In this descriptive-correlational study, 230 students with veteran parents injured more than 40% were selected from secondary high-schools of Bojnord city in academic year of 2014-15. A multistage-cluster sampling method was employed to select the students. This research was done utilizing three instruments including: self-regulated learning questionnaire, intelligence beliefs scale and Herman's achievement motivation scale. The data were analyzed by SPSS 23 software using Pearson correlation coefficient, multivariate and stepwise regression analyses.
Finding: There were significant positive correlations between intelligence beliefs and achievement motivation with self-regulated learning (p Intelligence beliefs and achievement motivation predict self-regulation learning in students with veteran parents injured more than 40%.

The study is a cross-sectional one and after random sampling 210 was studied. The trained interviewers collected the data through telephone interviews. After entering the data through SPSS software, descriptive and analytical statistics were performed using chi-square test and logistic regression analysis.
Overall 1800 cases including veterans and their families were studied and between them 210 cases had used inpatient services. These cases were selected randomly. The overall mean age was 46.1 ± 13.7 years old, 61.9% was male and 90.5% were living in urban areas. About the inpatient services, the satisfaction with the services was 91.4%, satisfaction with the distant of hospital location was 79.5 % and satisfaction with the process of refunding the costs was 38%. Logistic regression analysis was used for assessing the relation of demographic factors, veteran groups and residency place from one side and the rate of satisfaction with the distant of hospital location on the other hand. But there was no meaningful statistical relationship between them.
The results of this study indicated that care receivers are satisfied with the inpatient services. Comparing to the desirable satisfaction with the inpatient services, satisfaction with the distant of hospital location and the process of refunding the costs were lower and should be improve for care receivers.

Aims: Although war finished years ago, disabled veterans are still experiencing a lot of physical and psychological problems, which can seriously affect well-being of their wives and other members of their families. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of two approaches: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) on psychological well-being of veterans’ wives with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
This quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest design with control group and follow-up phase after one month was conducted in 2016 among 43 veterans’ wives with PTSD in Kuhdasht city. The subjects were randomly selected and randomly assigned into ACT group (13 people), MBCT group (13 people) and control group (15 people). Experimental groups were treated in 8 sessions of 90 minutes, while the control group received no cure. Ryff Scale of Psychological Well-Being (RSPB) was employed as the data collection instrument. Data were analyzed by SPSS 18 using repeated measures analysis of variance, multiple analysis of variance and Shafa's post hoc test.
In posttest and follow-up phase, there was a significant difference between ACT and MBCT groups with control group (p0.05).
Two approaches of ACT and MBCT are effective on increasing the psychological well-being of veteran's wives with PTSD.