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

Hyun, Hye Sun; Lee, In Sook

doi:10.4040/jkan.2008.38.2.238

J Korean Acad Nurs. 2008 Apr;38(2):238-247. Korean.
Published online Apr 30, 2008.
https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2008.38.2.238

Original Article

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

Hye Sun Hyun, ,¹ and In Sook Lee, ²

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- ¹Full-time Instructor, Department of Nursing, Armed Forces Nursing Academy, Daejeon, Korea.
- ²Professor, College of Nursing, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
Address reprint requests to: Hyun, Hye Sun. Department of Nursing, Armed Forces Nursing Academy, P.O. Box 78-502, Chumok-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-153, Korea. Tel: 82-42-878-4564, Fax: 82-42-861-5211, Email: hyun1017@nate.com

Received October 10, 2007; Accepted March 26, 2008.

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±0.60 (range 1.00-4.35) and 0.95±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 (β=.28, p<.001), role and relation factors (β=.21, p<.001), work factors (β=.15, p=.01) and passive coping styles (β=.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

Figures

Figure 1
Conceptual framework.

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Tables

Table 1
Characteristics of Subjects (N=376)

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Table 2
Perceived Stress of Subjects

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Table 3
Symptom of Stress of Subjects

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Table 4
Descriptive Statistics of the Variables related to Stress

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Table 5
Difference of Perception of Stress according to the Characteristics

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Table 6
Difference of Symptom of Stress according to the Characteristics

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Table 7
Correlations among Stress Coping Style, Social Support, Stress and Symptom of Stress

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Table 8
Predictor on Symptom of Stress of the Soldiers

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