Ranking of external factors affecting suicide and self-harm among conscripts using Student's t-test

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Safety Faculty. Imam Hossein University. Tehran. Iran

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One of the main challenges in the field of psychologically harmful factors that can have a destructive effect on the health of human resources is the issue of self-harm and suicide. The main objective of this study is to rank the external factors affecting suicide and self-harm among conscripts. The study is analytical and cross-sectional. The statistical population includes commanders, headquarters unit commanders, active human resources, safety and security measures, and health and biological defense personnel working in one of the military ranks. The sample size was 86 people who were selected through purposive sampling. The validity of the questionnaire items was evaluated using the CVI method, which was more than 0.8, and the reliability of the questionnaire was 0.8 with Cronbach's alpha method, which was confirmed. Data were collected through a researcher-made questionnaire with 24 questions and with individual, family, economic, and socio-cultural components, and its reliability was obtained using Cronbach's alpha of 0.947. Given that the collected data was non-parametric, data analysis was performed using the Student's t-test in SPSS version 24 software. The findings of the study showed that in the family factors component, the indicators of parental divorce and a history of suicide in the family, in the individual factors component, the indicators of the soldier's mental illness and the effects of unconventional friendships of soldiers with the opposite sex, in the economic component, the economic problems of the soldier's family and the unemployment of the soldier's parents, especially the father of the family, and finally

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Military Psychology
Volume 16, Issue 4 - Serial Number 64
Winter Quarterly
February 2026
Pages 69-89

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  • Receive Date: 23 July 2025
  • Revise Date: 24 December 2025
  • Accept Date: 15 February 2026

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