The Effect of Emotion Regulation Skills Training on Resilience of Soldiers Based on Self-Efficacy Model

Document Type : Original Research

Authors

1 Student Research Committee, Department of Health Promotion, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

2 Research Center for Health Sciences, Institute of Health, Department of Health Promotion, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

3 Research Center for Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

Abstract

Background and Aim: Recognizing the factors involved in the resilience of soldiers and how to regulate emotions in the face of issues and problems of military service, can prevent the occurrence of many adverse behaviors in the military environment and also make the person more compatible with the environment. This study examines the relationship between emotion regulation and resilience and the factors affecting it in the soldiers of Marvdasht police command in 2020.
Methods: The present study is a quasi-experimental pre-test-post-test with two control and experimental groups, which was performed by random cluster sampling with a sample size of 118 people (59 people in each group) in 2020 in Marvdasht police stations. Demographic with 8 questions, resilience with 25 questions, cognitive emotion regulation with 18 questions, and self-efficacy with 32 questions questionnaires were used to collect data. Information using SPSS software version 22 Chi-square, Pearson correlation, independent t-test, and linear regression were analyzed.
Results: The results showed that the scores of self-efficacy and resilience before and after the intervention of emotion regulation skills on resilience were statistically significant in the experimental group (P < span dir="RTL" lang="FA">>0.001), while these changes were not significant in the control group (P=0.706). Within the groups, the scores of emotional regulations before and after the intervention in the control and intervention groups did not show a significant difference, but the mean of changes in the intervention group was higher. Also, the results of the Pearson correlation test showed that there is a correlation between resilience and emotion regulation (r=0.302, P=0.002). Linear regression analysis to determine the effect of emotion regulation on resilience in both experimental and control groups after the intervention also showed that 8% of changes in resilience score depend on emotion regulation.
Conclusion: Emotion regulation skills training intervention has a significant effect on resilience using self-efficacy theory on soldiers.

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