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Abstract
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Introduction
... [1]. Some soldiers commit crimes such as desertion [2]. ... [3, 4]. Factors affecting desertion can be considered as intra-organizational factors (managerial factors and legal factors) and extra-organizational factors (individual, family and environmental factors) [5]. In many cases desertion is due to the intolerance of the situation and occurs during a process, in this way, first there is incompatibility with the situation, violence and finally escape. [6]. ... [7-10]. Distress tolerance in soldiers includes a person's capacity to tolerate unpleasant experiences and internal states such as negative emotions, disappointment and physical discomfort [11]. ... [12-14]. Kamalvand, Karimi Taher and Vosoughi [1] have shown that psychological factors are significantly associated with desertion. High stress, decreased tolerance and other individual factors play important roles in military violence [15]. The effect of high stress and low distress tolerance causes the reactions of autonomous systems and leaving work in the military population [16]. Distress Tolerance plays a mediating role in the relationship between post-traumatic stress disorder and personal violence and military leaving work [17].
Aim(s)
The aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of distress tolerance in relation between soldier violence and the tendency to scape due to commanders' performance.
Research Type
This cross-sectional descriptive study was applied in terms of purpose and is a correlational study based on structural equation modeling.
Research Society, Place and Time
The statistical population of the present study consisted of 280 soldiers of Imam Sajjad Educational Center in Urmia in 2021.
Sampling Method and Number
... [18]. To determine the sample size in this study, according to the 9 variables observed in the model and assigning a coefficient of 20 for each variable, with the possibility of incomplete questionnaires, 210 people were selected by simple random sampling.
Used Devices & Materials
For data collection, Buss and Perry Violence Questionnaire (Cronbach's alpha between 0.76 and 0.87), the Simons and Gaher Distress Tolerance Questionnaire (Cronbach's alpha between 0.71 and 0.79) and researcher-made questionnaire for tendency to escape due to the performance of commanders were used. ... [19-22]. The researcher-made questionnaire was designed with five questions. The questions include areas based on the quantity and quality of training activities provided by commanders, the type of training, maintaining the respect and attitude of commanders and punishments. The high scores in this questionnaire indicate a higher level of tendency to scape due to the performance of commanders in soldiers. In evaluating the validity of the questionnaire questions, the results showed that the effect size was 0.58 to 0.71. Also, the validity of the content was confirmed by two indicators of ratio and necessity according to the study in a group of 10 experts. Also, the reliability of Cronbach's alpha method was 0.88.
Ethical Permissions
The ethical principles of the present study were fully observed.
Statistical Analysis
The relations between variables were analyzed using Pearson correlation test and the mediating role of distress tolerance was analyzed using structural equation modeling in SPSS 18 and AMOS 23.
Finding by Text
There were 162 people in the study of demographic characteristics with the mean age of 19.65 ±0.78 in the age range of 18 to 22 and 48 people with a mean age of 26.39±0.56 in the age range of 23 to 30. The mean of violence was 89.66± 7.37, distress tolerance was 29.34± 4.47 and tendency to escape was 15.68±2.24 (Table 1). Also, in consideration of the default of normal data distribution using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, the values were higher than the significance level of 0.05 (Table 1) and the default was confirmed. The results of the correlation matrix between the variables showed that there was a significant correlation between the variables of violence and distress tolerance with the tendency to escape (Table 2). There was a significant negative correlation between the variable of distress tolerance and the tendency to escape and there was a significant positive correlation between the variable of violence and the tendency to escape. According to the results in Table 3, the RMSEA value was equal to 0.035 (DF = 161), so the mean squared error of the model was appropriate and the model was acceptable. Also, the chi-square on degree of freedom...
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