Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between family health and family resilience on adaptation to military life, and family resilience was set as a mediating variable to evaluate if there is a mediating effect of family resilience. A total of 228 people, 198 Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps veterans located in Gangwon-do and Gyeonggi-do and 30 Navy veterans located in Gyeongsang-do, were surveyed, and a total of 207 questionnaires were used for the final analysis. Results showed that military veterans' family health and adaptation to military life had a positive significant correlation, and family resilience and adaptation to military life had a positive significant correlation. In addition, military veterans' family health and family resilience were positively correlated. Second, the results of examining the mediating effect of family resilience in the relationship between family health and military life adjustment showed that the mediating effect of family resilience had a complete mediating effect. This means that military veterans' family health has an indirect effect on military life adaptation through family resilience rather than an indirect effect. Based on these research results, when counseling veterans who experience maladjustment in military life to adapt well to military life, family resilience should be encouraged. Based on the purpose and results of this study, the implications of this study and the direction of future research were discussed.