title: Psychological health and marital adjustment in Iranian employed veterans and veterans receiving disability pension.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Human society has witnessed disasters and wars that left many consequences on families as well as social and individual life of the victims.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  In this research, we compared the psychological health and marital adjustment in Iranian employed veterans with veterans receiving disability pension.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study participants were all of the veterans of Isfahan city registered in Veterans and Martyr Foundation who were receiving disability pension, were still working, or had not received any disability pension yet. A total of 330 veterans were selected by randomized systematic sampling. The Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R) questionnaire and Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS) were completed by the participants. The data were analyzed by Chi square test, independent samples t test, and Mann-Whitney U test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Almost half of the veterans did not demonstrate any psychopathology and half of them were diagnosed with borderline or serious psychopathology. Veterans receiving disability pension had more mental problems in comparison with the employed veterans. Veterans receiving disability pension had higher scores in psychosomatic disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression, anxiety, phobias, psychoticism, and total scales (general symptom index, GSI) in comparison with the employed veterans. Employed veterans and veterans receiving disability pension did not differ significantly regarding DAS scores.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Occupational condition has an important effect on mental health of veterans.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Psychology, School of Medicine, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Fatemeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zargar
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Isfahan Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Elham
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Foruzandeh
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Psychology, School of Medicine, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Abdollah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Omidi
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Abolfazl
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mohammadi
keywords: Marital Status; Psychological Health; Veterans