ปัจจัยคัดสรรที่สัมพันธ์กับความเครียดของพลทหารใหม่ หน่วยฝึกทหารแห่งหนึ่งในภาคตะวันออกเฉียงเหนือ

Pornthip  Pholkrathok; Suhathai  Tosangwarn

Authors

Pornthip Pholkrathok Boromarajonnani College of Nursing Nakhon Ratchasima, Faculty of Nursing, Praboromarajchanok Institute, Ministry of Public Health
Suhathai Tosangwarn Boromarajonnani College of Nursing Nakhon Ratchasima, Faculty of Nursing, Praboromarajchanok Institute, Ministry of Public Health

Keywords:

stress, resilience, self-esteem, new troops

Abstract

This descriptive correlational study aimed to examine the stress, resilience quotient, self-esteem, and the relationships between resilience quotient and self-esteem with the stress of new troops. The participants consisted of 280 new troops in the first shift of the year 2024 at a military training unit in the Northeastern region. Multi-stage random sampling was used to select the participants. The research instruments consisted of a Thai Perceived Stress Scale-10, Resilience Quotient, and Thai version of Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, which had Cronbach's alpha coefficients of .84, .89, and .72 respectively. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson’s product-moment correlation.

The research results found that most new troops had moderate levels of stress (70.72%), resilience in the normal range (57.86%), and moderate levels of self-esteem (73.57 %). It was also found that resilience and self-esteem were negatively significantly related to stress at the .05 level (r= -.340 and -.473, p< .05).

The results of this study could be used as a guideline to develop methods for promoting new troops to strengthen their mental resilience and self-esteem to reduce stress in this population.

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