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A Study on Stress and Symptoms of Stress in Soldiers in the Army  

Hyun, Hye-Sun (Department of Nursing, Armed Forces Nursing Academy)
Lee, In-Sook (College of Nursing, Seoul National University)
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Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing / v.38, no.2, 2008 , pp. 238-247 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to measure the level of stress and symptoms of stress (SOS) in soldiers and to investigate the factors that have effects on the symptoms of stress. Methods: Data was collected from soldiers of two military units located in north Kyounggi-Do from August 2 to 9, 2006 by using the survey instruments. Results: This research found that the average values on the level of stress and symptoms of stress were about $2.53{\pm}0.60$ (range 1.00-4.35) and $0.95{\pm}0.55$ (range 0.04-2.83), respectively. The things which affected symptoms of stress, according to this study, were the external factors in the military (${\beta}=.28$, p<.001), role and relation factors (${\beta}=.21$, p<.001), work factors (${\beta}=.15$, p=.01) and passive coping styles (${\beta}=.19$, p<.001). These variables explained 28% (F=36.68, p<.001) of the variance of the total symptoms of stress. Conclusion: This study suggests that soldiers need to under go stress management.
Keywords
Soldier; Stress; Symptom of stress; Stress coping style; Social support;
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