Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology (한국환경생태학회지)

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Effects of Forest Healing Programs on Resilience and Happiness of Employees - For University Employees -

산림치유 프로그램이 직장인의 회복탄력성과 행복감에 미치는 효과 - 대학 교직원을 대상으로 -

  • 박창은 (충북대학교 대학원 산림치유학협동과정) ;
  • 김동준 (충북대학교 산림학과) ;
  • 신창섭 (충북대학교 산림학과) ;
  • 김윤희 (한국과학기술원 KAIST 명상과학연구소)
  • Received : 2018.10.01
  • Accepted : 2018.10.12
  • Published : 2018.12.31
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Abstract

This study was conducted to reveal the effects of forest healing programs on recovery resilience and happiness of university employees. Fourteen people who agreed on experiments were selected as the study subject, with seven people classified the experimental group and seven people into the controlled group. The subjects in the experimental group participated in the forest healing program consisting of four 60-minute long weekly sessions from October 27 to November 17, 2015 in a forest managed by University C located in Cheongju-si of Chungcheongbuk-do. For data analysis, we examined the differences in recovery resilience and happiness before and after participation in the programs through the paired t-test using the SPSS 21.0 program, and the analysis results confirmed that the forest healing program helped to increase the recovery resilience and happiness of the university employees. Although there was no statistically significant change of the controlled group, the recovery resilience and happiness of the experimental group showed a statistically significant increase. The results of this study are expected to be utilized as reference data for clarifying the effects of forest healing programs for university employees.

본 연구는 산림치유 프로그램이 대학 교직원의 회복탄력성과 행복감에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위하여 실시하였다. 실험에 동의한 실험자 14명을 연구대상으로 선정하였으며, 실험집단 7명, 통제집단 7명으로 구분하였다. 실험집단을 대상으로 2015년 10월 27일부터 11월 17일까지 주 1회기 60분씩 총 4회기의 산림치유 프로그램을 충청북도 청주시 소재의 C대학 학교 숲에서 실시하였다. 자료분석은 SPSS 21.0 프로그램을 사용하여 대응표본 t-검정을 통해 프로그램 참가 전과 후의 회복탄력성와 행복감 차이를 살펴보았다. 학교 숲을 이용한 산림치유 프로그램이 대학 교직원의 회복탄력성 증진과 행복감 증진에 효과가 있음을 확인하였다. 연구결과 통제집단은 유의미한 변화가 없었으나, 산림치유 프로그램을 실시한 실험집단의 회복탄력성와 행복감는 유의미하게 증가하였다. 향후 대학 교직원을 대상으로 한 산림치유 프로그램의 효과를 밝히는 기초자료로 활용되기를 기대한다.

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