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KMID : 1143820090050020089
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Anxiety and Mood
2009 Volume.5 No. 2 p.89 ~ p.95
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Depression, Anxiety and Suicidal Ideation According to Basic Military Training Duration in Air Force Conscripts
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Koo Ja-Seop
Choi Tae-Young
Lee Jong-Hun
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Abstract
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Objective : This study examined changes in the depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation among Air Force conscripts during their Basic Military Training.
Methods: Study participants were 500 Air Force conscripts. The study reviewed participants’ self-reports on depression, symptoms of anxiety, and suicidal ideation at weeks 2, 4, and 6 of their training.
Results: At weeks 2 and 4 of training, participants’ mean BDI, BAI, and SCL-90-R depression and anxiety subscale scores were within the mild ranges. However, at week 6, those mean scores were in the normal ranges. The mean scores for the BDI, the BAI, and the depression and anxiety subscales of the SCL-90-R at weeks 2 and 4 were significantly elevated over the corresponding scores for week 6 (each F=8.78, df=2, p<0.01 ; F=22.16, df=2, p<0.01 ; F=11.08, df=2, p<0.01 ; F=3.42, df=2, p<0.05). Suicidal ideation, revealed by the mean BSIS score, fell within the normal range (F=9.94, df=2, p<0.01) throughout the study period.
Conclusions : These results suggest that conscripts’ initial levels of psychological distress in the form of depression and anxiety are slightly elevated, but most adapt to this distress during basic training. Therefore, more attention must be paid to the early stages of conscripts’ basic training in order to address these concerns.
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KEYWORD
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Air force conscripts, Depression, Anxiety, Suicidal Ideation
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