ARTICLE INFO

Article Type

Original Research

Authors

Hamidi Sardrood   M. (1)
Tabatabaei   S.M. (*2)
Samadirad   B. (3)






(*2) Physiology Department, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz , Iran
(1) Psychology Department, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz , Iran
(3) Legal Medicine Research Center, Iranian Legal Medicine Organization, Tehran, Iran

Correspondence

Address: Physiology Department, Medicine Faculty, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Manzaryeh, Tabriz. Postal code: 5173865955
Phone: +98 (31) 34792132
Fax: +98 (31) 34792450
smt@iaut.ac.ir

Article History

Received:  August  6, 2019
Accepted:  November 26, 2019
ePublished:  December 21, 2019

BRIEF TEXT


Given the importance of the impact of occupational stress on many aspects of one's life, it is imperative to examine it in various organizations and departments, including staff of the forensic medicine, for its role in health.

… [1-4]. In many studies, the importance of occupational stress and its impact on mental health has been addressed [5, 6]. Given the importance of the impact of occupational stress on many aspects of one's life, it seems necessary to examine it in various organizations and departments, including staff of the Forensic Medicine Organization due to its role in health. In general, occupational stress can be seen as the imbalance between workplace needs and the individual's ability to adapt [7]. Numerous studies have shown that the happiness training based on Fordyce model has a significant effect on increasing the happiness of people [13, 14]. In addition, the results of the Ashouri [15] and Khodadadi Sangdeh et al. [16] studies indicated the impact of happiness training on improving various psychological aspects of people who are exposed to stressful events and situations.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of happiness training based on Fordyce model on cognitive emotional regulation strategies and job burnout of forensic medicine staff.

This research was a semi-experimental study with pretest-posttest design with a control group.

This study was conducted on 30 forensic medicine staff in Tabriz in 2018.

The study population consisted of all staff of the forensic medicine in Tabriz in 2018 (136 subjects). The sample size was considered 15 subjects in the experimental group and 15 subjects in the control group considering 95% confidence level and based on Cochran formula.

The experimental group underwent 10 sessions of happiness training based on Fordyce model. Subjects in both groups completed cognitive emotional regulation and burnout questionnaires in pre- and post-test stages. Data were analyzed by SPSS 20 software using multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA).

The mean age in the experimental group was 36.00 ± 4.06 years and in the control group was 36.87 ± 8.34 years. In experimental group 7 cases (46.7%) were male and 8 cases (53.3%) female and in control group 6 cases (40.0%) were male and 9 cases (60.0%) were female. By eliminating the pre-test effect, the Fordyce happiness model training program resulted in a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in all positive cognitive emotion regulation strategies except for the triviality. The mean scores of the participants in the experimental group increased significantly in the components of acceptance, positive refocusing, re-focus on planning, and positive evaluation compared with the control group (Table 1).Also, the Fordyce happiness model training program resulted in a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in all negative cognitive emotion regulation strategies and reduced the mean scores of the experimental group in the components of self-blame, other-blame, rumination, and catastrophizing than the control group (Table 2).The mean scores of the components of burnout, including emotional exhaustion and personal inadequacy also showed a significant decrease in the experimental group compared with the control group after the training program; however, the training program did not have a significant effect on the depersonalization component (Table 3).

The results are consistent with the findings of Hemmati et al. [23], Khodadadi Sangdeh et al. [16], Firouzeh Moghaddam et al. [24], Hosseini et al. [25], Cooper et al. [26] and Larson [27] who have shown that happiness training leads to improved psychological and emotional processes. Happiness is an effective way to reduce stress and burnout, because happy people generally respond to stressful situations and events in life, and more specifically in the workplace, in a more positive and adaptive way.

It is recommended that other surveys be conducted on other staff of forensic medicine organizations in other geographical areas to increase the generalizability of the results.

One of the limitations of this study was the lack of follow-up to evaluate the effectiveness of Happiness training based on Fordyce model over time.

Happiness training based on Fordyce model is effective and useful to deal with stressful occupations that in the long run lead to difficulty in emotional regulation and burnout.

The authors are thankful to all participants in the present study.

None.

In this study, all ethical issues, including confidentiality of the names and personal characteristics of the individuals were observed and their consent was obtained.

This study was funded by the authors.

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