A survey of sources of stress of martyrs and devotees families

Sources of stress are one of the important discussions in the behavioral and psychiatric sciences, having invariably been considered by the scholars and researchers. In this way, the present research surveys the sources of stress of martyrs and devotees families in one of the cities of Khuzestan Province.
The martyrs and devotees families of one the cities of Khuzestan Province are the subjects of this study that 200 subjects were randomly selected in different stages (146 male and 54 female). The data were collected and analyzed by the inferential and descriptive statistics.
The data analysis indicated that the martyrs and devotees families suffered from two sources of stress: matters related to the disease treatment and family and livingrelated expectations. On the other hand, the data analysis indicated that the mean scores of martyrs families are higher than devotees ones; therefore, there is a significant difference between them.
Since the Iran-Iraq War had brought an additional stress for martyrs and devotees families; accordingly, the present research showed that stresses of the mentioned families have been appeared as the paying medication costs as well as family and livingrelated expectations.