입대전 흡입제 남용 경험이 있는 군복무자들의 불안과 충동성에 대한 연구

Anxiety and Impulsiveness of the Enlisted Men Having Inhalant Abuse History

Object：We attempted to investigate the anxiety and impulsiveness of the enlisted men who had the history of gluesniffing or butane-gas inhalation before enlistment. Subject & Method：The authors examined 164 enlisted men from February 1st 1999 to February 24th 1999 according to the history of inhalant abuse. In this study, 95 Subjects had adjustment problem and 69 subjects were normal adjustment soldiers (N-A). In 95 subjects with adjustment problem, there were 32 soldiers with the history of inhalant abuse (I-M) and 63 soldiers without the history of inhalant abuse (N-M). Selfreport questionnaires for demographic data, the scale for anxiety (Zung’s self-rating anxiety scale；SAS) and the scale for impulsiveness (Barratt’s impulsiveness scale；BIS) were given to all subjects. Result：1) I-M soldiers were significantly higher frequency with family problems (p<.05) and legal problems (p<.05) than the others. 2) In I-M soldiers, initiation of inhalation with curiosity was the most common motivation and the next were a pressure of the peer & the betters and solving emotional problem, in order of frequency. 3) In substance-related problem of their parents, 15.6% of fathers and 9.4% of mothers in I-M soldiers had drug and alcohol problems. 4) I-M soldiers were significantly more anxious than N-A soldiers (p<.01). 5) I-M soldiers were significantly more impulsive than the others (p<.01). In subscales, the scores of impulsiveness-nonplanning (p<.05) and impulsiveness-cognitive (p<.01) in I-M soldiers were significantly higher than the others. Conclusion：The enlisted men having inhalant abuse history with adjustment problem were more anxious and impulsive than the others. They had more family problems, legal problems and their parent had more substance-related problem. Therefore special attention is needed for the enlisted men having inhalant abuse history