2017, Vol.13, No.7

Crisisonomy 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 0.64

pISSN : 2466-1198 / eISSN : 2466-1201
https://journal.kci.go.kr/cemtp

This study aims to identify the level and status of multicultural acceptance within the military in Korea rapidly turning into a multicultural society, which can provide basic data to be used by the military to prevent accidents involving multicultural military personnel by developing the level of social integration. The survey results are as follow. First, no significant difference was found in multicultural acceptability index according to age, educational level, class, and years of service. Second, multicultural experience characteristics such as education experience, travel experience, event participation and frequency of contacts or military characteristics such as class and working year have positive influences on active soldiers and affect multicultural acceptability index. Third, both multicultural experience and the number of education have a significant effect on multicultural acceptability index, while multicultural awareness has a partial significant effect.

This study intends to develop an integrated program to prevent and manage post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) firefighters may suffer, which enhances their mental health based on their working level (individual or group). It examines the effect of this program on post-traumatic stress, depression and sleep disorder of 170 firefighters working at a fire station in Y city in Korea. The data were analyzed with SPSS (Win 18.0) utilizing frequency, percentage, average and a paired t-test. The results of the study showed that the post-traumatic stress, depression and sleep disorder scores were significantly decreased after the program. Therefore, the integrated management program for PTSD among firefighters can effectively maintain psychological stability through systematic and continuous engagement with psychological support activities. Firefighters can also be useful in maintaining a healthy lifestyle, preventing progression to PTSD, be useful in alleviating the secondary pathologies, and prevent the ripple effect of your organization through systematic management.

This study examines 20 environmental conflict cases that are related to waste treatment facilities. Nowadays it is highly recommended for local government officials to engage local residents in the process of siting and constructing NIMBY facilities in order to prevent and manage conflicts. The results of this study show that local residents protested against the decision of local governments in many cases. However, there were also many cases where local residents participated in communication with the officials in negotiation, mediation, Dutch reverse auction, and citizens’ jury. On one hand, the participation of local residents helped the officials design a better policy in implementing the facilities. On the other hand, their participation in the communication were also favorable to themselves since it helped diminish their concerns on toxic gases and provide appropriate incentives for the local communities.