Military Science and Tactics

Military Science and Tactics

The effectiveness of family resilience training on the self-efficacy of military families

Document Type : Research/Original/Regular Article

Authors
Yaser Haji Aghanezhad 1
Mohamad Zareneystanak 2
Fatemeh Tabatabaei 3
Mehdi Dadashi 4
1 PhD student in General Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Nain Branch. Nain, Iran.
2 Assistant Prof. In General Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Nain Branch. Nain, Iran.
3 Assistant Prof. of General Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Nain Branch. Nain, Iran.
4 Assistant Prof. of General Psychology, Imam Ali Officer University, Tehran, Iran.
10.22034/qjmst.2022.535331.1569
Abstract
The term family resilience refers to the adaptive and coping processes of the family as a functional unit. At different levels of individual, family and social, it conceptualizes that; Not only does it reform families, it also prepares them to face future challenges. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of family resilience training on self-efficacy of military families in Lavizan organizational dormitory. The present study was a quasi-experimental with a control and experimental group. Using the available sampling method, 60 people who had the lowest resilience score were selected voluntarily and randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. Then, the training of family resilience components for the experimental group was performed for 10 sessions in the experimental group and the control group did not receive any treatment. In this study, Scherer (1982) self-efficacy levels questionnaire was used and the obtained data were analyzed by analysis of covariance. The results showed the effectiveness of family resilience training on military self-efficacy (F = 61.76 and Eta = P = 0.46 = 0.000) of military families. The developed family resilience training package has a significant positive relationship with military family self-efficacy. The findings of the present study indicated that the application of self-efficacy components training in the workplace for military families can be effective in promoting self-efficacy components as well as increasing awareness and increasing their social self-efficacy.
Keywords
Family resilience
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" self-efficacy"
" military family

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