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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2015.13.1.11

Study on the effect of self-improvement programs in military  

Lee, Jung Won (Dep. of Military and police counseling, Seoul Cyber University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.13, no.1, 2015 , pp. 11-23 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently the military is improving the policies of military culture for soldiers to lead a better military life. In this effect, 'division A' introduced 'goal-directed self development program'. This program is guiding the soldiers to set up personal mission in life not only in the military but also linked to the future, after being discharged from military service. Therefore the purpose of this research is to test the effect of this program on soldier's objective management, self esteem and satisfaction and to propose political strategies for creating healthier military culture. The research method was to compare and analyze the difference between two groups, 'division A'(experimental group), which operated the program, and 'division B'(controlled group) which did not operated the program. research targets were 488 soldiers in total, 257 soldiers in experimental group and 231 in controlled group. T-test(verification) and analysis of covariance was done with SPSS WIN 11.5 program with collected information. The result showed that the program has meaningful effect in every aspect mentioned above to the soldiers.
Keywords
self-improvement; objective management; satisfaction of military life; military policy; self development program; maladaptive soldiers;
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