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Dastgozar M, Emami Pour S. Relationship of Psychometric Properties of Psychological Well-being with Quality of Life in the Health, Rescue, and Treatment Deputy of NAJA Employees, Iran. J Police Med 2019; 8 (2)
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1- Department of Psychology, Psychology Faculty, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2- Department of Psychology, Psychology Faculty, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran , emamipursd@yahoo.com
2- Department of Psychology, Psychology Faculty, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran , emamipursd@yahoo.com
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Aims: Today, due to the increase in lifetime indicator and life expectancy, the more important issue is the quality of life. The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of psychological well-being and its relationship with quality of life among health, rescue, and treatment deputy of NAJA employees, Iran.
Materials & Methods: This correlation study was conducted on the staff of health, rescue, and treatment deputy of NAJA in Tehran, who were working 2016-2017. The sample included 300 people, who were selected by random cluster sampling method. Psychological well-being and quality of life questionnaires were used to collect data. Pearson correlation coefficient and exploratory factor were used to analyze the data in SPSS19 software.
Findings: The mean of quality of life was 31.84±5.40. The highest mean of psychological well-being was related to anxiety and sense of belonging (70.94±19.81) and the lowest mean of psychological well-being was related to satisfaction (9.47±5.15). All psychological well-being factors had a positive and significant correlation with quality of life (p=0.01).
Conclusion: Increasing the psychological well-being among staff of health, rescue, and treatment deputy of NAJA results an increase in their quality of life.
Keywords: Reliability and Validity, Psychological Well-being, Quality of Life, Staff of Health, Rescue, and Treatment Deputy of NAJA
Article Type: Descriptive & Survey |
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Police Related Psychology
Received: 2018/09/11 | Accepted: 2019/01/13 | Published: 2019/03/19
Received: 2018/09/11 | Accepted: 2019/01/13 | Published: 2019/03/19
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