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Military Life Pattern of Maladjusted Soldiers

복무부적응 병사의 군생활 패턴

  • Lee, Eun-Joo (Department of Nursing, Korea Bible University)
  • 이은주 (한국성서대학교 간호학과)
  • Received : 2020.07.13
  • Accepted : 2020.08.07
  • Published : 2020.08.31
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Abstract

This qualitative research examined the experiences and patterns of military life of service maladaptive soldiers. The research site was the place where the soldiers of the A-adaptive soldiers' healing program were conducted, and the study period was conducted from September 2016 to December 2017. Maladaptive soldiers' military life experience pattern was analyzed, and their experience consisted of three domains (early domain after joining the army, middle domain after joining the army, and last domain where they failed to adapt themselves), five cultural themes, 12 categories, and 29 attributes. The cultural themes of maladaptive soldiers in their military life experiences were as follows: facing unfamiliar military culture, hardship, being left alone in a group, pain becoming unbearable, and the last choice of leaving a painful military life. Maladaptive soldiers attempted suicide after they failed to overcome the psychological pain, but they needed help during their early period of adaptation. Moreover, during their middle period of adaptation, they needed guidance for their immature coping strategies, and ultimately they had misperceptions about their death together with a pessimistic view about their life. These results are expected to be used as basic data for the development of mental nursing arbitration programs and suicide prevention projects to help service maladaptive soldiers.

본 연구는 복무 부적응 병사들의 군 생활 경험과 패턴을 발견하기 위한 질적 연구이다. 연구 장소는 A지역 복무 부적응 병사 치유 프로그램 진행장소이고, 연구 기간은 2016년 9월부터 2017년 12월까지였다. 복무 부적응 병사의 군생활 경험 패턴을 분석한 결과로 입대 초기 영역, 입대 중기 영역, 적응 실패 영역의 3개의 영역과, 5개의 문화적 주제, 12개의 범주, 29개의 속성으로 분류되었다. 영역별 문화적 주제는 '낯선 군 문화에 던져짐', '힘겨운 시간', '집단 속에서 혼자서 버티기', '지울 수 없는 군 생활의 고통', '고통스런 삶을 벗는 마지막 선택' 이었다. 결과적으로 복무 부적응 병사는 현 상황을 벗어나기위한 방법으로 자살을 시도하였지만, 입대 초기 군 환경에 적응하기 위한 적극적 도움이 필요한 시기가 있고, 적응 중기에 미숙한 사건 대처 방법에 대해 가이드가 필요하며, 적응 실패 영역에서 군에서의 삶을 비관하며 죽음을 선택하는 인식의 오류를 발견할 수 있도록 개별 맞춤형 전략과 정신보건전문가의 근접 도움이 필요함을 알 수 있었다. 본 연구결과를 통해 복무 부적응 병사를 돕기 위한 정신 간호 중재 프로그램의 개발과 자살 예방사업을 위한 기초 자료로 활용되기 기대한다.

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