일부 군인들의 정신질환 및 정신질환자에 대한 태도 = Military Personnel's Attitudes Toward the Mentally Ill

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Objectives: This descriptive study aimed to assess and analyze some military personnel's attitudes toward mental illness and mentally ill people.
Methods: 390 ROK army officers including NCOs from three army divisions participated in this study via convenient sampling methods. To assess the subjects' attitudes toward the mentally ill, Community Attitudes Toward the Mental Illness(CAMI) was used. Self-reporting questionnaire including CAMI and demographic data items were distributed to the subjects under consent from July to September 2009. Data were analyzed by frequency, descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA utilizing SPSS WIN 12.0.
Results: The subjects showed rather negative attitudes in 'Social restrictiveness'(28.17±4.31) and 'Benevolence'(27.35±3.16) subscale and positive attitudes in 'Community mental health ideology' and 'Authoritarianism' subscale. Female officers showed more authoritative than male officers(t=2.502, p=0.013). Catholics reported more positive attitudes in 'Benevolence'(F=2.597, p=0.036) and 'Community mental health ideology'(F=2.634, p=0.034) subscale, but took a more strict position in terms of 'Social restrictiveness.' The subjects who had mentally ill person around them showed more positive attitude in 'Benevolence'(t=-3.221, p=0.001) and 'Community mental health ideology'(t=-2.943, p=0.003) subscale than those who do not.
Conclusions: To plan mental health promotion programs in military, we assume that military personnel's positive attitude in 'Benevolence' and 'Community mental health ideology' will play a positive role. Their negative attitude in 'Social restrictiveness' and 'Authoritarianism,' however, need to be improved to facilitate military mental health promotion.