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Background & Aim: The imposed war burdened a lot of problems on the society of Iran during the past few years. In this course, veterans didn’t immune from its harmful effects. The aim of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of integrated group gestalt therapy and cognitive therapy on improvement of quality of life of veterans of city of Jahrom, Iran. Methods: The present clinical trial study was conducted on thirty veterans of Jahrom in 2010. The subjects included all the war veterans of Jahrom, 820 with 25-69 percent physical damage. Random sampling was executed and the world Health Organization life quality questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF) was given to 150 of them. Fifteen people in each group were replaced by another fifteen people. The test group received eight sessions of group consultation in Gestalt therapy and cognition therapy ways, but the control group received no therapy. The gathered data was analyzed using ANOVA test. Results: The result of this study showed that-there is a significant difference between the life quality dimensions (physical health, mental health, life environment and social relations) between the test and control group (p=0.001). Conclusion: The results of this study showed that the integrated of group counseling by gestalt therapy and cognitive therapy had an influence on increasing the veteran’s life qualifications in aspects of physical health, mental health, life environment and social relations.

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Background & aim: The influential consequences of war on mental health, well-being, and the quality of life of veterans and their families continue long after the end of the war. The purpose of the present study was to determine the role of mediators of positive and negative emotions in the relationship between difficulty in regulating emotion and quality of life in the spouses of veterans.
 
Methods: The present study was a descriptive-analytical study of correlational designs that used structural equation modeling or causal modeling. The statistical population included all the spouses of veterans of Noorabad, Mamasani, among whom 215 people were selected by available sampling method considering the entry and exit conditions of the research. The tools used included a positive and negative emotion program, a quality of life scale, and a scale of difficulty in regulating emotion. Data analysis was performed using Pearson correlation coefficient and structural equation modeling. Indirect relationships were also analyzed by the bototherapy method.
 
Results: The results revealed that all the coefficients of the paths between the variables and the quality of life were significant. In this model, the relationship was difficult to regulate emotionally with a negative and significant quality of life. There was also a significant relationship between difficulty in regulating emotion and positive and negative emotions with quality of life (p <0.001). Fitness indicators displayed that the model had acceptable fit with the data. Fitness indicators showed that the model has acceptable fit with the data. The results of indirect path coefficients, using bootstrap method, showed that the difficulty in regulating emotion indirectly and through positive and negative emotions with the quality of life of veterans' spouses.
 
Conclusion: The research model indicated a suitable and acceptable fit with the obtained data and the assumed structural relationships were confirmed. Based on the results, the difficulty in regulating emotion can be predicted through positive and negative emotions with quality of life in veteran spouses.