In this article we investigate the effect of military service in the Netherlands on future earnings. Estimating the cost or benefit of military service is complicated by the complex selection that determines who eventually serves in the military: On the one hand, potential conscripts have to pass medical and psychological examinations before entering the military, and on the other hand numerous...

background and objectives: neisseria meningitidis is transmitted from person-to-person. thus, close contact with a healthy carrier can facilitate the spread of the bacteria and lead to life-threatening meningococcal disease. the aim of this study was to identify oropharyngeal carriers of n. meningitidis in volunteers preparing for military service before vaccination. materials and methods: in a...

OBJECTIVE Religious values were investigated in a group of Iranian Revolutionary Guards in Tehran. METHODS The sample consisted of official duty troops and conscripts who were in prison due to a crime. One hundred thirty seven individuals cooperated with us in the project (37 Official personnel and 100 conscripts). The instruments used included a demographic questionnaire containing personal ...

A validation study of psychological predictors used at the enlistment of Swedish conscripts was performed. The sample studied (n = 15 200) was conscripts who had been tested with the new computerized Enlistment battery (CAT-SEB), taken in use 1994, and who had completed military service by summer 1997. Their military marks were used as criteria. The CAT-SEB was evaluated in terms of three laten...

PURPOSE To establish whether features of environmental lighting in far northern latitudes might be associated with prevalence of myopia. METHODS Using both questionnaires and military medical examinations, this cross-sectional survey of Finnish conscripts assessed both light exposure and conventional risk factors for myopia. RESULTS While myopia was not associated with the month of birth, t...

Objectives: The present study aims to investigate the effect of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on cognitive flexibility, suicidal ideation, depression, hopelessness in conscripts. Methods: In this clinical trial with a pretest/posttest design using control group, 60 conscripts were selected through convenience sampling method from among those referred military counseling centers Khoras...

Purpose: To investigate the factors affecting communicational skills of regimental commanders toward conscripts at an army introductory military training center in Tehran. Materials and Methods: The participants were 82 regimental commanders of the regiments and battalions of an introductory military training center. A 21-item questionnaire was used to collect the required data. Descriptive...

religious values were investigated in a group of iranian revolutionary guards in tehran.the sample consisted of official duty troops and conscripts who were in prison due to a crime. one hundred thirty seven individuals cooperated with us in the project (37 official personnel and 100 conscripts). the instruments used included a demographic questionnaire containing personal data and the allport,...

purpose: to investigate the factors affecting communicational skills of regimental commanders toward conscripts at an army introductory military training center in tehran. materials and methods: the participants were 82 regimental commanders of the regiments and battalions of an introductory military training center. a 21-item questionnaire was used to collect the required data. descriptive and...