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ISSN: 2383-3483    Journal of Police Medicine 2018;7(3):111-115

Background
The problems of the present age result in the mental pressure in the individuals that this pressure in the most cases is manifested in the form of anxiety [1]. Identifying the causes of anxiety can provide the ground of coping with it [2]. … [3]. One of the ways of reducing anxiety and consequently reducing danger of social events (including urban cars accidents) is therapeutic follow-up and also applying effective psychological treatments. Emotion regulation is training among treatments that by focusing on emotional problems adjusts them [4]. … [5,6]. Emotion regulation training means to reduce and control for negative emotions and how to use emotions positively. Anxiety plays an effective role in the traffic accidents area [7] and is a potential factor for accidents. Training on emotions can reduce the severity of the social damage [8].
Previous Studies
According Gross’ model [5] emotion regulation includes all conscious and unconscious strategies that are applied to increase, keep and reduce emotional, behavioral and cognitive components of an emotional response [6]. Behavioral and cognitive-behavioral treatments are among the most therapies applied for anxiety and increase emotional intelligence [9]. … [10]. Individuals with inclusive anxiety are less able to pay attention to their emotions and describe their feelings more difficultly than control group [11].
Aim(s)
While individuals’ anxiety is tangible in the driving training classes and there is urgent need to solutions to reduce it, but up to now no research has been performed on this in Iran. Frequency of anxiety issue among people and particularly drivers and potential damages resulting from the dysfunctions of this issue shows that this it has a high potential for investigation. This study sought o investigate the effectiveness of treatment based on emotion regulation on the emotion of women’ requesting driving certificate.
Research type
This research is of semi-experimental type performed in two control and experiment group and during three stages of pre-test, post-test and follow-up (30 days).
Research society, place and time
This research was performed on all women requesting certificate in Isfahan city, Iran, who passed the preliminary stage of general physician examinations of driving in 2016 summer.
Sampling method and number
The number of participants in this study was 30 that were selected by available sampling method from individuals referring to academies across the city. Then through random selection all samples were assigned to two groups of experiment and control.
Used devices&materials
To gather data in the pre-test, post-test and follow-up stages the Beck’s Anxiety Questionnaire [12] with Cronbach Alpha 0f 0.77 [13] was used. Treatments based on emotion regulation were performed on the experiment group participants in the group form by the scholar during eight 90-minutes sessions with frequency of once a week. … [14]. In session one (before training start) and session eight (after training end), participants were asked to complete the research questionnaire (pre-test and post-test stages). Follow-up session was held after 30 days in the same place and after knowing the general situation, individuals were asked to complete questionnaires (follow-up). Control group samples also completed the questionnaire in this stage. All participants completed written consent to attend in the training sessions. Difference of the scores obtained from performing the research method using variance analysis with repeated measurements was analyzed in SPSS 18 software. It has to be mentioned that presumptions of using variance analysis test with repeated measurements that is normality of data, equality of variances and covarinaces, was examined using Shapiro-Wilk, Levin test and also Box and Mauchly's sphericity test.
Findings by Text
Women’s anxiety scores in the post-test and follow-up stages in the experiment group were higher than control group (table 1). In order to examine the significance of this difference and given that each participant three times was subjected to the anxiety test, the variance analysis test with repeated measures was used. Women’s anxiety data in every 3 groups was normal and the presumption of using variance analysis test with repeated measures was met (table 2). Equality of anxiety variable variance also was confirmed in the stages of pre-test (p=0.872; F=0.027) post-test (p=0.079; F=5.574) and follow-up (p=0.648; F=28.790) stages using Levin test. The presumption of covariant equality of anxiety indicator also was examined and confirmed in both groups using Box test (Box’s M=3.541) during three times of measurements (p=0.352; F=1.089). Results of Mauchly's sphericity test also showed that covariance of dependent variables in the three stages totally were equal with each other (p=0.514; F=0.962). The treatment based on emotion regulation was effective on the anxiety of women requesting certificate and the interaction of time factor and group membership was obtained significant statistically (p=0.0001). A significant variation was created among the experiment and control groups in the participants’ average score of anxiety from pre-test to post-test and follow-up (p=0.0001). Statistical power equal to 1 indicates appropriate sample size for such a conclusion and the impact of group membership on changes of anxiety scores from pre-test to post-test and follow-up according this tool was .3 this implies that .3 is the changes in anxiety related to training treatment based on emotion regulation.
Main comparison to the similar studies
Results of the study showed that treatment based on emotion regulation was effective on the anxiety of the sample individuals. Results of this study are consistent with studies of Narimani et al. [15] Defendrof et al. [16] and also Fierhome et al. [17]. Pakizeh and Nazari [18] also in their research found that treatment based on emotion regulation enhances people general health that the achievement is aligned with the present research results.
Suggestions
It is suggested that treatment based on emotion regulation to reduce anxiety of men requesting certificate and also its effectiveness rate among men and women is examined.
Limitations
Among limitations of this research was lack of access to the exact data of the number of the selected statistical population and for the reason available sampling method was used.
Conclusions
Treatment based on emotion regulation is effective on the anxiety of women requesting certificate.
Acknowledgments
Sincere cooperation of Colonel Dr. Hasan Amou Ali, honored health assistance, relief and treatment of police command of Isfahan province and also Dr. Mohamad Reza Mosahebi is acknowledged.
Conflict of interest
No case is reported.
Ethical Permissions
Researchers complied with all ethical codes relating to investigation on human samples and obtained required permissions from relevant authorities.
Funding Sources
The present research was performed without a financial support

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