Sachdev Shivani, Dixit Shikha
Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India.
Mil Psychol. 2024 Nov;36(6):579-592. doi: 10.1080/08995605.2023.2237835. Epub 2023 Jul 25.
Military organizations often demonstrate contrasting features compared to civilian ones, including indoctrination of military identity and mind-set. Therefore, on returning after retirement, military personnel undergo acculturation to reconnect to the civilian world. Many military retirees face difficulty readjusting in multiple professional and personal life domains, and report decreased life satisfaction due to this transition. The present review conducted a thematic meta-synthesis of 28 studies that had qualitatively assessed military to civilian transition experiences. The aim was to understand the military-civilian culture gap and identify the challenges faced during this transition. The analysis led to six themes - Based on these findings, the review further presents possible intervention suggestions for retirement adjustment and future research direction.
与民用组织相比，军事组织往往呈现出截然不同的特征，包括对军事身份和思维方式的灌输。因此，军人退休后回归社会时，需要经历文化适应过程，以重新融入平民世界。许多退休军人在多个职业和个人生活领域重新适应时面临困难，并报告称由于这种转变，生活满意度下降。本综述对28项定性评估军人向平民过渡经历的研究进行了主题元综合分析。目的是了解军民文化差距，并确定这一过渡过程中面临的挑战。分析得出了六个主题——基于这些发现，本综述进一步提出了退休调整的可能干预建议以及未来的研究方向。
