مجله روانشناسی نظامی
پیاپی 44 (زمستان 1399)

Depression is one of the most common types of mental disorders that makes people refer to psychiatrists, psychologists and other mental health professionals. The aim of this study was to compare the impact of self-compassion-focused therapy and metacognitive therapy on reducing depression symptoms and difficulties in regulating emotions in the armed forces personnel suffering from depression. < p >

In a quasi-experimental design with pre-test and post-test and a control group, 45 armed forces personnel referring to the psychiatric wards of Imam Hossein Hospital and Boali Hospital in Tehran were purposively selected and randomly assigned to two experimental groups and a control group. The first experimental group (n = 15) received group meta-cognitive therapy and the second experimental group (n = 15) received group self-compassion therapy. Participants completed a depression questionnaire and a difficulty in emotion regulation questionnaire in pre-test, post-test and one-month follow-up stages, and the data were analyzed using a multivariate repeated measures model. < p >

The results showed that there was a significant difference in the rates of depression and difficulty in emotion regulation in the three groups, and the comparison of means indicated that the self-compassion-focused therapy was more effective than the metacognitive therapy. 

The results of this study revealed that self-compassion-focused therapy can improve emotional disorders and emotion regulation in the armed forces personnel suffering from depression, and it can be a selective method for improving depression and emotion regulation in these individuals.

Suicide among soldiers is not an instantaneous event, but it occurs as a result of such psychological and social factors as stream of thoughts, behaviors, situations and interpersonal relationships. Therefore, the main purpose of this study is to explain the psychosocial model of suicidal behavior among soldiers with emphasis on depression and group cohesion.

This study is a social survey, and the sample incudes 295 soldiers serving in Shahid Kebriaei Barracks in Aran va Bidgol, Iran in 2019. The Radloff Scale (CES-D) was used to assess the level of depression in soldiers, the Revised Siebold and Kelley Questionnaire was used to assess the group cohesion variable and the Revised Suicide Questionnaire (SBQ-R) was used to assess suicidal behavior.

According to the research findings, there is a significant correlation between group cohesion of soldiers and depression, on the one hand, and suicidal behavior, on the other. Also, the results of the structural model explain 62% of the variance of suicidal behavior among soldiers based on the linear combination of independent variables.

Interpersonal relationships play a crucial role in reducing soldiers' depression, and the more group cohesion they have, the less propensity they show for suicidal behavior.

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on rumination, quality of life, emotion regulation, and communication beliefs of the women dissatisfied with their husbands.

The research method was semi-experimental with a pretest-posttest design. The statistical population consisted of the women dissatisfied with their husbands who had referred to Isfahan police force counseling centers in 2019. From among them, two groups of 20 people were randomly selected and assigned into an experimental group and a control group. Four questionnaires were used to collect data, including the Adelson and Epstein Communication Beliefs Questionnaire (1982), the Hoxma and Murrow Rumination Questionnaire (1991), the Varoserbun's Quality of Life Questionnaire (1992) and the Shot et al. Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (1998). The mindfulness-based cognitive therapy group received 8 sessions of treatment, and the control group did not receive any treatment. The collected data were analyzed using analysis of covariance.

The results indicated that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy has a significant effect on rumination, quality of life, emotion regulation and communication beliefs of the women dissatisfied with their husbands (p < 0.05).

The present study showed that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy can be used to improve quality of life, regulate emotions and communication beliefs, and reduce rumination in the women dissatisfied with their husbands

Family performance is one of the important indicators guaranteeing the quality of life and mental health of the family and its members. This study was aimed at evaluating the impact of treatment based on improving the quality of life on the performance and quality of life of the families of azadeqns (released prisoners of war).

This quasi-experimental study, with a pretest-posttest and follow-up design (two months) and a control group, was conducted in 2017. A group of 30 released prisoners of war was selected from Divandereh, Kurdistan Province in Iran using the simple random sampling method, and they were randomly divided into experimental and control groups (each including 15 people). The experimental group received the intervention and treatment for 8 eighty-minute sessions, but the control group did not receive any intervention. The WHO Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHOQOLQ) and the Family Assessment Device (FAD) were used to collect data. Data analysis was performed using SPSS-18 software, multivariate analysis of covariance and one-way analysis of covariance.

The findings revealed that the mean quality of life and family performance of the released prisoners of war in the experimental group was higher than that of the control group in the posttest and follow-up test. The difference was significant (p < 0.01), and this increase was maintained in the follow-up phase.

Treatment based on improving the quality of life can have a stable and lasting effect on improving the quality of life and family performance of the released prisoners of war and can be used to improve their family performance and quality of life.

Sensation-seeking is defined as various, complex, novel and unprecedented experiences and feelings and the tendency to take risks. It is one of the few fundamental traits that explain personality.

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of exercise on reducing the anxiety of sensation-seeking disabled veterans. Initially, Marvin Zuckerman's sensation-seeking questionnaire was distributed among 300 disabled veterans in Isfahan province, Iran to identify those with high sensation-seeking. Based on the scores obtained from this questionnaire, a group of 175 veterans with high sensation-seeking was selected. From among them, 30 people were selected using the simple random sampling method and divided into an experimental group (n = 15) and a control group (n = 15). To assess the anxiety of the disabled veterans, the Cattell Anxiety Scale was administered to both groups. Then the experimental group was engaged in regular physical exercise for one month. The control group followed their daily activities during the training period and did not start any regular sports activities. At the end of the exercise period, the Cattell Anxiety Scale was administered to both groups again.

The results of covariance analysis showed that exercise has a significant effect on reducing the anxiety of sensation-seeking disabled veterans (P = 0.05; F = 38.4).

These findings are an indication of adaptation and reduction of anxiety in the experimental group. Therefore, regular exercise can reduce anxiety and increase the adaptation of sensation-seeking disabled veterans. It is recommended that these exercises be included in the daily training programs of disabled veterans.

In order to assess the mental health status of Iranians in the days of the Corona pandemic threat, an online mental health questionnaire was developed using Google.

Given the quarantine days, people were invited to participate in the research through cyberspace apps. such as Telegram, WhatsApp and e-mail. 500 respondents included 361 females (72.2%), 139 (27.8%) males, 217 (43.4%) single, 267 (53.4%) married and 16 (3.2%) other.

The results revealed that the means of mental health, physical symptoms, anxiety symptoms, social functioning and depressive symptoms were 21.60, 5.42, 5.86, 7.02 and 3.28, respectively. Based on the cut-off point, 40% of the population is suspected to have mental disorder, which is less than that of the previous studies. The results further showed that mental health in women and men, married and single people, employed and unemployed individuals and people at different ages is significantly different.

It seems that not taking the coronavirus seriously and its coincidence with the days of Nowruz and visits and return visits has had a negative effect on all the components of mental health, except for social dysfunction.