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Using the Draw-a-Story Drawing Test to Predict Perceived Stress, Military Life Adjustment, and Resilience

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  • Juliet Jue

    (Department of Art Therapy, Hanyang Cyber University, Seoul 04763, Korea)

  • Jung-Hee Ha

    (Graduate School of Counseling Psychology, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Korea)

Abstract

In this study, we investigated how effectively a Draw-a-Story drawing test can predict the perceived stress, military life adjustment, and resilience of soldiers. A total of 276 conscripted male soldiers participated in the study. The research tools included the Perceived Stress Scale, the Military Life Adjustment Scale, the Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale (Korean version), and the Draw-a-Story drawing test. The results of the correlation and regression analyses were as follows. First, perceived stress, military life adjustment, resilience, and DAS emotional content were all mutually correlated. The DAS self-image was positively correlated only with resilience. Second, emotional content predicted soldiers’ perceived stress, military life adjustment, and resilience at significant levels. Meanwhile, our regression analysis showed that self-image did not have significant predictive power. In this paper, we discuss the implications for predictive power of our findings regarding the two measures of DAS; we also propose that DAS could serve as a tool to predict the mental states of soldiers.

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  • Juliet Jue & Jung-Hee Ha, 2021. "Using the Draw-a-Story Drawing Test to Predict Perceived Stress, Military Life Adjustment, and Resilience," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(13), pages 1-13, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:13:y:2021:i:13:p:7383-:d:586964
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    1. Yunjo Song & Jung Hee Ha & Juliet Jue, 2020. "Examining the Relative Influences of the Risk Factors and Protective Factors That Affect Firefighter Resilience," SAGE Open, , vol. 10(4), pages 21582440209, December.
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