The Effectiveness of the Short-Term Group Counseling on Increasing Adjustment of Soldiers Residing in Barracks through Utilizing Solution-Focused Approach

maladjustment of some Soldiers is causing enduring concern among commanders in military context. In line with this, solution-focused group counseling is identified as a modern approach in reducing maladjustment of soldiers. This approach is of crucial significance due to the factors including simplicity, short-term treatment, and emphasis on the identification of soldiers as well as utilization of group counseling in group training in military context. As an experimental study including Pretest-Treatment and Posttest, This research aims at investigating the effectiveness of the short-term group counseling on increasing the adjustment of soldiers residing in barracks through utilizing solution-focused approach. For this purpose and also in terms of statistical population, the study was conducted through engaging sample population of 28 soldiers residing in one of the barracks of Iranian armed forces who were selected based on simple random sampling method creating two groups including experimental and control group. Thereupon, adjustment test was administered among participants and they were scored below the average level. For data collection procedures, this study was also conducted through administering Sinha and Singh adjustment questionnaire including 60 components among statistical population. Moreover, the experimental group enjoyed ten eighty-minute sessions of solution-focused group counseling treatment. The findings revealed that solution-focused group counseling can significantly improve the adjustment level including social, emotional and educational adjustment in soldiers residing in the barracks. The findings also revealed that solution-focused group counseling is an effective way of increasing the adjustment level in soldiers. However, soldiers’ maladjustment can be reduced and also prevented in the light of utilizing solution-focused group counseling approach.