title: [Effectiveness of the Military Mental Health Promotion Program].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study was done to evaluate the Military Mental Health Promotion Program. The program was an email based cognitive behavioral intervention.
  
  
  METHODS
  The research design was a quasi-experimental study with a non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design. Participants were 32 soldiers who agreed to participate in the program. Data were collected at three different times from January 2012 to March 2012; pre-test, post-test, and a one-month follow-up test. The data were statistically analyzed using SPSS 18.0. The effectiveness of the program was tested by repeated measures ANOVA.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The first hypothesis that the level of depression in the experimental group who participated in the program would decrease compared to the control group was not supported in that the difference in group-time interaction was not statistically significant (F=2.19, p=.121). The second and third hypothesis related to anxiety and self-esteem were supported in group-time interaction, respectively (F=7.41, p=.001, F=11.67, p<.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results indicate that the program is effective in improving soldiers' mental health status in areas of anxiety and self-esteem.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Konyang University, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Chung Hee
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. psy0962@yuhs.ac.
authors.forename: Sun Ah
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D003863:Depression / Q000473:pathology; D034742:Electronic Mail; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012649:Self Concept; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Cognitive behavioral therapy; Email; Intervention; Mental health; Military