Batool Haghshenas - M.Sc. Student of Educational Sciences, Isfahan Institute of Higher Education, Isfahan, Iran
Ameneh Salimian - M.Sc. of Management, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran
Neda Ardestani Samani - M.Sc. of Psychology, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran

Military personnel, as the largest group of service providers, experience high level of occupational stress. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of resilience training on military personnel occupational stress in Iran. This quasi-experimental study was conducted on ۴۰ military personnel who were randomly divided into two experimental and control groups (۲۰ subjects in experimental group and ۲۰ subjects in control group). The participants of experimental group received ۹ sessions of resilience-enhancing skills over a period of ۱ hour per week. Connor and Davidson Resilience Scale and Mosadeghrad Occupational Stress Questionnaire were used to collect the data. The results were analyzed through SPSS۱۷ software. The mean occupational stress in the experimental group decreased from ۳.۱ to ۲.۳. Hence, it can be stated that by training resilience skills, the level of military occupational stress decreased significantly. However, the mean occupational stress in the control group remained unchanged.

Resilience Skills, Occupational Stress, Military Personnel, Military Centers