Advisor Information
Abby Bjornsen
Location
UNO Criss Library, Room 231
Presentation Type
Oral Presentation
Start Date
3-3-2017 12:45 PM
End Date
3-3-2017 1:00 PM
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to understand what wellness factors motivate veterans to separate from the military, and how these factors are addressed by the selection of the veteran’s academic major. This project is exploratory in nature, and mixed-methods methodology is being utilized to reach a deep understanding of the wellness and career transition experiences of student veterans. A brief questionnaire has been developed to gather demographic data, and has been distributed among the student veteran population at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (41 respondents at the time of this writing). Interview participants will be selected from the questionnaire respondents who indicate willingness to participate in the interview. Using a purposeful sampling strategy, three participants from each of UNO’s six colleges will be selected (n=18). Inclusion criteria: participants must be 1) currently enrolled undergraduate students at UNO; 2) recently separated from active military status (within the last two calendar years); and 3) non-retired veterans. Interview participants will take the Five Factor Wellness Inventory assessment (Myers & Sweeney, 2005) to measure current wellness. The semi-structured interview protocol was developed by the lead researcher in collaboration with the project advisor, and was based on the Indivisible Self Model of Wellness (Myers & Sweeney, 2005) as a conceptual framework. Interviews will be transcribed and coded into themes using a phenomenological approach (Moustakas, 1994). NVivo 11 software will be used for data analysis.
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A Wellness Approach to Investigating Student Veterans' Academic and Career Goals
UNO Criss Library, Room 231
The purpose of this study is to understand what wellness factors motivate veterans to separate from the military, and how these factors are addressed by the selection of the veteran’s academic major. This project is exploratory in nature, and mixed-methods methodology is being utilized to reach a deep understanding of the wellness and career transition experiences of student veterans. A brief questionnaire has been developed to gather demographic data, and has been distributed among the student veteran population at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (41 respondents at the time of this writing). Interview participants will be selected from the questionnaire respondents who indicate willingness to participate in the interview. Using a purposeful sampling strategy, three participants from each of UNO’s six colleges will be selected (n=18). Inclusion criteria: participants must be 1) currently enrolled undergraduate students at UNO; 2) recently separated from active military status (within the last two calendar years); and 3) non-retired veterans. Interview participants will take the Five Factor Wellness Inventory assessment (Myers & Sweeney, 2005) to measure current wellness. The semi-structured interview protocol was developed by the lead researcher in collaboration with the project advisor, and was based on the Indivisible Self Model of Wellness (Myers & Sweeney, 2005) as a conceptual framework. Interviews will be transcribed and coded into themes using a phenomenological approach (Moustakas, 1994). NVivo 11 software will be used for data analysis.