Authors: Kang Choi Hyoungjune Im Joohan Kim Kwang H Choi DukIn Jon Hyunju Hong Narei Hong Eunjung Lee JeongHo Seok
Publish Date: 2012/12/29
Volume: 48, Issue: 11, Pages: 1767-1776
Abstract
Earlylife stress ELS may mediate adjustment problems while resilience may protect individuals against adjustment problems during military service We investigated the relationship of ELS and resilience with adjustment problem factor scores in the Korea Military Personality Test KMPT in candidates for the military serviceFour hundred and sixtyone candidates participated in this study Vulnerability traits for military adjustment ELS and resilience were assessed using the KMPT the Korean EarlyLife Abuse Experience Questionnaire and the Resilience Quotient Test respectively Data were analyzed using multiple linear regression analysesThe final model of the multiple linear regression analyses explained 302 of the total variances of the sum of the adjustment problem factor scores of the KMPT Neglect and exposure to domestic violence had a positive association with the total adjustment problem factor scores of the KMPT but emotion control impulse control and optimism factor scores as well as education and occupational status were inversely associated with the total military adjustment problem scoreELS and resilience are important modulating factors in adjusting to military service We suggest that neglect and exposure to domestic violence during early life may increase problem with adjustment but capacity to control emotion and impulse as well as optimistic attitude may play protective roles in adjustment to military life The screening procedures for ELS and the development of psychological interventions may be helpful for young adults to adjust to military serviceThis study was supported by the 2010 Jisan cultural psychiatric research grant of the Korean Foundation of Neuropsychiatric Research Some of the results of this study were presented as a new research poster poster No NR 478 at the 163rd Annual meeting of American Psychiatric Association in New Orleans LA in 2010
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