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Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Training on Psychosomatic Symptoms and Perceived Stress of Soldiers
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Sajad Panahifar   , Parastoo Dadashi |
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Introduction: Given that soldiers in military environments face unexpected and sudden events such as siege, rumors and fear, harsh training, maintaining military readiness, and psychological warfare, their physical and psychological health is at risk. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Training on Psychosomatic Symptoms and Perceived Stress of Soldiers Who Deserted from Service.
Methods: The present study is applied in terms of its purpose and is a semi-experimental pre-test, post-test with a control group. The statistical population was deserters from the Tehran army barracks in 2023. Sampling was done by convenience method. Two groups of 15 people were formed randomly and by drawing lots. The research tools were the standard psychosomatic symptoms questionnaire and the Cohen Perceived Stress Scale. Both groups completed them in the pre-test, post-test and follow-up stages. Then, acceptance and commitment-based training was implemented for the experimental group in 8 60-minute sessions twice a week, and the control group did not receive any training during this period. The results were analyzed by SPSS version 27 software at a statistical level of 0.05.
Results The results showed that acceptance and commitment training was effective on psychosomatic symptoms and perceived stress at a significant level of P= 0.013. Based on the value of the eta coefficient, this effectiveness was 51 percent on the psychosomatic symptoms variable and 44 percent on perceived stress.
Conclusion: Therefore, the use of acceptance and commitment training approaches to reduce psychological problems of soldiers is recommended by counselors and therapists.
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| Keywords: Psychosomatic symptoms, perceived stress, acceptance and commitment training. |
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Type of Study: Quantitative-Research |
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Received: 2025/08/31 | Accepted: 2025/12/21 | Published: 2025/11/1
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