The Effect of Life Skills Training on the Frequency of Depressive Rumination among Spouses of Veterans

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Lorestan, Iran.

2 Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Al-Khwarizmi, Tehran.

3 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Lorestan, Iran

Abstract

Background and Objective: Wars directly and indirectly cause physical and psychological affects on people, including veterans and their spouses. Given the important role of depressive rumination in the initiation and persistence of depression, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of life skills training on the frequency of depressive rumination among the spouses of veterans.
Subjects and Methods: The study was a pre-post test single group. The sample consisted of 20 women in the age range 39 to 58 years. After the announcement of a special life skills training classes for spouses of veterans at Arak health house. In the first session, participants responded to rumination Inventory. Life skills training during 10 sessions of 2 hours was taught by two instructors. Finally, at the last session, the participants responded to rumination inventory.
Results: There was significant difference between pre- and post-test in uncertainty, rumination, depression rumination components In addition the relationship between employment status and depressive rumination was not significant.
Conclusion: Life skills training leads to achieving  self-awareness and control of emotions and reduces stress.
 
آیا منظور شما این است: از این طریق موجب کاهش نشخوار های افسرده ساز میگردد.
However, future research can investigate impact of life skills on metacognitive beliefs.

Keywords

References

1-Manteghi, A., Hebrani, P., Samari, A. A., & Heydari, A. Level of expressed emotion, depression and caregiver burden in wives of veterans admitted in psychiatric ward and their relationship with readmissions. Journal of Fundamentals of Mental Health 2010; 1: 410- 419.
2-Nejati, V. & Ahmadi, Kh. prevalence investigation of chronic illness in veterans. Iranian Journal of War and Public Health 2010; 8: 8- 12.
3-Radfar, Sh., Haghani, H., Tolai, A., Modiran, E.,  & Falahati, M. Assess The Mental Health Of Children 18 To 15 Years Old Veterans. Journal Of Military Medicine 2005; 7: 203- 209.
4-Mohsenian,, M. (2008). Comparison Of Emotional Intelligence, Mental Health And Family Functioning In Children Of Veterans And Parents Of High School Adolescents Ordinary. Master Thesis, Shahid Beheshti University.
5-Bahreynian A, Borhani H. Psychologic evaluation in the Qom combat veteran's wives. Journal of research in medicine 2004; 27(4): 305-12. [in Persian] 
6-Vitaliano, P. P., Schulz, R., Kiecolt-Glaser, J., Grant, I. Research on physiological and physical concomitants of caregiving: Where do we go from here? Ann Behav Med 1997; 19: 117-23.
7-Rosenhan, D. L., & Seligman, M. E. P. (1387) Abnormal Psychology, Translated By Yahya Seyed Mohammadi. Tehran: Arasbaran, (2008).
8-Wells, A. (2009). Metacognitive therapy for anxiety and depression, New York, The Guilford Press.
9-papageorgiou C, wells A. Positive beliefs about depressive Rumination: Development and preliminary Validation of a self-report scale. Behavioral Therapy 2001; 13: 26- 32.
10-Whitmer, A. J. & Gotlib, I. H. Depressive rumination and the C957T polymorphism of the DRD2 gene. Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci 2012; 12: 741 – 747.
11-Wells, A. and Matthews, G. (1996). Modelling cognition in emotional disorder: The S-REF model. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 34, 881 ±888.
12-Nolen-hoeksema, s. The role of rumination in depressive disorder and mixed anxiety/depressive symptoms. Journal of abnormal psychology 2000; 109: 504- 511.
13-Wenzel, V., Weichold,  K., Silbereisen, R. K. The life skills program IPSY: Positive influences on school bonding and prevention of substance misuse . Journal of Adolescence 2009; 32: 1391–1401.
14-Hanter, F., Gaboy, G., & Carol, H. (1993). Life Skills Training Guide, Translated By Negin Abdollah Zadeh. Tehran: Unicef, 1387.
15-Botvin,  G.  J.,    Kantor.  L  .W.  Preventing alcohol  and  tobacco  use  through  life  skills  treai- ning. Journal of Alcohol Research & Health 2007; 24 (4): 8-25.
16-Fata,L., Mohammadkhani, Sh., Motabi, F., & Kazamzadeh, M. (2006). Practical Guide To Life Skills Training Workshops. Tehran: Ministry Of Health.
17-Botvin, G. J., Griffin, K. W. Life skills Training Empirical finding and future  Directions. The Journal of Primary Prevention 2004; 25(2): 13-24.
18-Mohammadkhani, Sh. (2006). Structural Model Of Substance Abuse In Adolescents At Risk: Assessing The Effects Of Life Skills Mediator Of Drug Use. Phd Thesis, University Of Social Welfare And Rehabilitation. [in persian]
19-Hajamini, Z., ajalli, A., Fathi-Ashtiani, A., Ebadi, A., Dibaei, m. & Delkhosh, m. The effect of life skills training on emotionall reaction in adolescents. Journal of behavioral sciences 2008; 2(3): 263- 270. [in Persian]
20-Faramarzi, S., Homaie, R., Izadi, R. Efficacy of cognitive behavioral group  training of life  skills on mental health of  women  with  handicapped  spouses.  Soc  Welf. 2011;11(40):217-35. [in Persian]
21-Mohamadipoor, M. And Falahati, M. Effectiveness of Life Skills Training on Mental Health of Spouses of Veterans with Affective Disorders. Quarterly of Iranian Journal of War & Public Health, 2016; 8(1):25-32. [in Persian]
22-Melyani, M., Shairi, M. R., Ghaedi,Gh., Bakhtirari, M. & Tavali, A. (2009). The Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Group Therapy Based on Heimberg`s Model on the Decrease of Social Anxiety Symptoms. Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, 15(1), 42-49. [in Persian]
23-Yousefi, Z., Abedi, M. R., Bahrami, f. & Mehrabi, H. A. Validation, factor structure, reliability and standardization of rumination inventory. Journal of psychology 2009; 13: 54- 68. [in Persian]
24-Kingsnorth, SH., Healy, H., & Macarthur, C. Preparing for Adulthood: A Systematic Review of Life Skill Programs for Youth with Physical Disabilities. Journal of Adolescent Health 2007; 41: 323–332.
25-UNICEF. (2003) which skills are "life skills"? www. Life skills –Based Education.
26-Pick, S., Givaudan, M., and  Poortinga, Y.H. Sexuality  and  life  skills  Education: A  Multistrategy  Intervention  in  Mexico . American  psychological 2003; 58(3): 230-234.
27-The World Health Organization. (1999). Life Skills Training Program, translated by robabe noori and parvaneh mohammadkhani. Tehran: Cultural Affairs and Prevention Welfare Organization, 1379. [in persian]
28-Parande, A., Siratinir, M., Khaghanizadeh, M., Karimizarchi, A. A. Comparison the effect of training of conflict resolution and relaxation on quality of lifes spouses of war veterans affected post traumatic stress disorder with major depression disorder. Journal Of Fundementals Of Mental Health 2007; 9: 67- 76.
Jundishapur Scientific Medical Journal
Volume 15, Issue 6 - Serial Number 105
January and February 2017
Pages 697-706

Files

History

  • Receive Date: 04 October 2016
  • Revise Date: 05 January 2017
  • Accept Date: 04 February 2017

Share

How to cite

Statistics