Relation of Health Promoting Behaviors, Mental Health andMilitary Life Adjustments of Conscripted Policemen

Abstract

According to the Act of Establishment of Riot Police Units in 1970, the conscripted police service can replaces the obligatory military service. Since the life as conscripted policemen is similar to that of military, they may experience difficulties in their adjustment to barrack life. Against this backdrop, this study tries to examine the instruments used for this study were health promoting behaviors, mental health and adjustment to barrack life. Whereas the relation between health promoting behaviors and adjustment to barrack life yielded a positive correlation(r=0.423, p=.000), that between mental health and adjustment to barrack life showed a negative correlation(r=-.383 p=.000). Received(December 02, 2015), Review request(December 03, 2015), Review Result(1st: December 14, 2015, 2nd: January 07, 2016) Accepted(January 15, 2016), Published(January 31, 2016) 36930 Munkyung College, Dept. Nursing, 161, Dahak-daero, Munkyung-si, Kyungpook Korea. email : gtt70@naver.com. (Corresponding Author) 42601 Keimyung University, Dept. Nursing, 161, Dalgubeol-daero, Dalseo-Gu, Daegu, Korea. email : kmp@kmu.ac.kr. Relation of Health Promoting Behaviors, Mental Health and Barrack Life Adjustments of Conscripted Policemen Copyright c 2016 HSST 198 The relation between Health, responsibility, nutrition, sports, stress management, interpersonal support and self-realization as a subordinate scope of health promoting behaviors, and obsessive compulsive neurosis, interpersonal sensitivity, depression and hostility as a subordin relationship between a health promoting behaviors and mental health, that can be intervened. The purpose of this research it to provide data being useful for the development of health promotion programs that will contribute to the living adjustment of conscripted policemen. From August 3, 2015 to August 7, this survey was conducted and the total number of subjects was 250. The questionnaire were collected from conscripted policemen in K province. The ate scope of mental health, and adjustment to barrack life yielded a positive correlation. Consequently, this study suggest the introduction of health promotion programmes for the increase of adjustment to barrack life, that will improve self-realization, personal relationship and nutrition, and restrain from mental symptoms such as depression, hostility and obsessive compulsive neurosis at the same time.