A Study on the Effectiveness of the Buddhist Mass for Soldiers' Suicide Prevention

Jung Ja(Chun Ji) Kang1   Kang Suk Shon2,*   

1Postgraduate Student, Department of Buddhism, Graduate School, Joong-Ang Sangha University
2Professor, Counseling Major, Department of Buddhism, Graduate school, Joong-Ang Sangha University

Abstract

본 연구의 목적은 군인의 자살예방을 위한 법회를 실시하고 그 효과성을 검증하는 데에 있다. 이를 위하여 군인들을 위한 법회용 자살예방 프로그램을 부모은중경을 중심으로 개발하고 그 효과성을 검증하였다. 본 연구의 연구문제는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 법회에 참여한 참여자들의 군 생활 적응, 자살생각은 어떠한가? 둘째, 법회참여에 따른 군 생활 적응, 자살생각에 차이가 있는가? 이를 위하여 박인우(1995)와 조재주, 최유현, 김소연(2011)이 제안한 개발 절차를 본 연구의 특성에 맞게 적용하여 프로그램을 개발하였다. 군인들을 최종 선정하여 그 중 20명을 실험집단으로 나머지 20명은 통제 집단으로 설정하고, 프로그램의 효과를 검증하였다. 본 연구의 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 실험집단과 통제집단이 동질집단인지 알아보기 위하여 두 집단 간 동질성 검증을 실시하였다. 그 결과, 군 생활 적응 척도의 경우, 애인관계와 선임관계를 제외한 하위변인과, 군 생활 적응 전체에서 동질한 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 실험집단과 통제집단의 사후 효과검증을 살펴보았다. 군 생활 적응 사후검사 결과, 군 생활 적응 전체와 하위요인 중 군 생활 가치, 애인관계, 선임관계와 군 생활 적응 전체에서 실험집단의 평균이 통제집단에 비해 유의미하게 높았다. 셋째, 실험집단 내의 사전-사후 검사점수에 대한 효과검증을 실시하였다. 그 결과, 군 생활 적응의 하위요인인 군 생활 가치에서 유의미한 효과가 나타났다. 즉, 프로그램 처치 후에 실험집단의 군생활적응의 하위변인인 군 생활 가치가 유의미하게 높아졌다. 넷째, 통제집단 내의 사전-사후 검사점수에 대한 효과검증을 실시하였다. 그 결과, 전체 군 생활 적응과 모든 하위변인에서 유의미한 효과가 나타나지 않았다. 마지막으로, 통제집단의 사전-사후 효과검증을 실시하였다. 그 결과 전체 자살생각에서 유의미한 효과가 나타나지 않았다. 본 연구를 통해서 도출된 결과를 바탕으로, 추후 군인들을 대상으로 한 자살예방 법회 프로그램을 구성하는데 필요한 기초자료를 제공할 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

The purpose of this study is to conduct Buddhist Mass for the prevention of suicide of soldiers and to verify its effectiveness. For this study, a suicide prevention program focused on Parents' Immense Grace for soldiers in the Buddhist Mass was developed and its effectiveness was verified. The research questions of this study are as follows. First, how is the adaptation to military life and suicidal ideation of soldiers participated in the Buddhist Mass? Are there any differences between military life adaptation and suicidal ideation depending on participation in the Buddhist Mass? For this purpose, the suicide prevention program was developed by applying the development procedure proposed by Park In-woo (1995), Jae-Joo Cho, Yu-Hyun Choi, and So-Yeon Kim (2011). The soldiers were finally selected, 20 of them were experimental groups, the other 20 were control groups, and the effectiveness of the program was verified. The results of this study are as follows. First, to verify whether the experimental group and the control group were homogeneous, homogeneity test was conducted between the two groups. As a result, the military adaptation scale was found to be homogeneous in the sub-variables except for the lover relationship and the senior relationship, and in the overall military adaptation. Second, the post-effect verification of the experimental group and the control group was examined. As a result of the post-test on the adjustment of military life, in the overall military adaptation and the military life values, the lover relationship, and the senior relationship in the sub-variables of the military life adaptation, the mean of the experimental group was significantly higher than the control group. Third, the effect of pre-post test scores in the experimental group was verified. As a result, there was a significant effect on the military life values, the sub-variable of the military life adaptation. That is, after program treatment, the military life values, the sub-variable of the military life adaptation, was significantly increased. Fourth, the effect of pre-post test scores in the control group was verified. As a result, there was no significant effect on the overall military life adaptation and all sub-variables. Finally, pre-post effect verification of control group was conducted. As a result, there was no significant effect on overall suicidal ideation. Based on the results from this study, it is expected to provide the basic data necessary to construct a the Buddhist Mass program for soldiers' suicide prevention.

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