본 연구는 군 생활 스트레스가 자살생각에 미치는 영향에서 자기개념 명확성의 매개효과를 알아보았다. 이러 한 목적을 위해 경기도 지역에서 육군 현역으로 근무하는 병사 470명을 대상으로, 박현철(2001)의 군 생활 스 트레스 요인 척도와 Beck의 자살생각 척도(Scale for Suicide Ideation: SSI; Beck, Kovacs, & Weissman, 1979), Campbell 등(1996)의 자기개념 명확성 척도를 실시하였다. 자료분석을 실시한 후 구조 모형 검증을 실 시하였고, 마지막으로 Sobel 검증을 통해 매개효과의 유의성 검증을 살펴보았다. 연구 결과는, 군 생활 스트레 스와 자살생각과는 정적인 상관관계 있는 것으로 나타났고, 자기개념 명확성과는 부적인 상관관계가 있는 것 으로 나타났다. 군 생활 스트레스와 자살생각의 관계에서 자기개념 명확성의 매개효과는 유의 하였다. 본 연 구의 의의는 다음과 같다. 군 생활 스트레스가 자살생각으로 이어지는 경로과정을 보다 명확히 검증하여 자기 개념 명확성이 자살생각의 의미 있는 매개요인임을 밝혔으며, 자기개념 명확성의 이해의 틀을 제공함으로써 병영생활 지도나 자살예방교육 및 프로그램 실행 시 개입 방안 마련에 기초자료를 제공했다는 점이다.
This study verified the model about self-concept clarity's structural relationship to see the effect of stress from military life on suicidal ideation. Specific research problems were set up as follows, for achieving this purpose. First, would stress from military life affect suicidal ideation? Second, would self-concept clarity play a mediating role in stress from military life and suicidal ideation? For settling these research problems, a survey was conducted with 470 active members in the army in Gyeonggi area, based on previous studies on stress from military life, suicidal ideation and self-concept clarity. For measuring a level of stress of new-generation soldiers from their military lives, the Scale for Stress Factors from Military Life of Hyun-Cheol, Park(2001), the Scale for Suicide Ideation(SSI) devised by Beck, Kovacs & Weissman(1979) and the Scale for Self-Concept Clarity developed by Campbell et al(1996) were used. For data analysis, of total 470 questionnaires distributed, 7 unfaithful responses, and 48 non-responses were excluded from this study. Then, the average and standard deviation of the major variables were yielded, and correlation analysis was carried out. After the confirmatory factor analysis for verifying the measurement model, structural modeling was conducted and lastly, the significance of the mediating effect was investigated through Sobel test. The SPSS/Win(Ver 18.00) statistical program was employed for statistical processing and analysis of the findings. The results of the research are as follows. Stress from military life was in a positive correlation with and suicidal ideation, but was in a negative correlation with self-concept clarity. The partial mediating effect of self-concept clarity was significant in the relationship between stress in military life and suicidal ideation. Based on these results, this study has significance in the way that it showed self-concept clarity as a significant predictor of suicidal ideation, by clarifying the process from stress from military life to suicidal ideation, and provided basic data for establishing intervention plans for military life guidance and supervision, or suicide prevention education and program through understanding of self-concept clarity.
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