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Woo and Kim: Effectiveness of the Military Mental Health Promotion Program
Original Article

Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2014; 44(6): 717-725.

Published online: 31 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2014.44.6.717

Effectiveness of the Military Mental Health Promotion Program

Chung Hee Woo1, Sun Ah Kim2

1College of Nursing, Konyang University, Daejeon, Korea.

2College of Nursing, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Kim, Sun Ah. College of Nursing, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea. Tel: +82-10-7112-1277, Fax: +82-2-392-5540, psy0962@yuhs.ac

Received 9 July 2014       Revised 23 July 2014       Accepted 13 November 2014

© 2014 Korean Society of Nursing Science

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Abstract

Purpose

This study was done to evaluate the Military Mental Health Promotion Program. The program was an email based cognitive behavioral intervention.

Methods

The research design was a quasi-experimental study with a non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design. Participants were 32 soldiers who agreed to participate in the program. Data were collected at three different times from January 2012 to March 2012; pre-test, post-test, and a one-month follow-up test. The data were statistically analyzed using SPSS 18.0. The effectiveness of the program was tested by repeated measures ANOVA.

Results

The first hypothesis that the level of depression in the experimental group who participated in the program would decrease compared to the control group was not supported in that the difference in group-time interaction was not statistically significant (F=2.19, p=.121). The second and third hypothesis related to anxiety and self-esteem were supported in group-time interaction, respectively (F=7.41, p=.001, F=11.67, p<.001).

Conclusion

Results indicate that the program is effective in improving soldiers' mental health status in areas of anxiety and self-esteem.

Keywords: Military, Mental health, Email, Intervention, Cognitive behavioral therapy

Figures and Tables

Figure 1
Analysis of soldiers' mental health properties by cognitive behavioral theory.
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Table 1
Overview of the Military Mental Health Promotion Program
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Table 2
Homogeneity of General Characteristics (N=32)
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Exp.=Experimental group; Cont.=Control group.

Table 3
Homogeneity of Dependent Variables (N=32)
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Exp.=Experimental group; Cont.=Control group.

Table 4
Effectiveness of Military Mental Health Promotion Program (N=32)
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Exp.=Experimental group; Cont.=Control group.

Notes

This manuscript is based on the first author's doctoral dissertation from Yonsei University.

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