This study attempted to understand if there is a difference of responses to the Baum test between
soldiers in an outpatients ward and those in a closed ward who were being treated in the Army
Adaptation Department. Study participants were comprised of 54 soldiers in an outpatient’s ward 81
soldiers in a closed ward designated as maladaptive soldiers by the Department of Psychiatry of the
A-army hospital. The score index of the Baum test adopts those of Koch(1952) and Gogoachun(1989) and
employed 28 questions of structural analysis and 18 questions of content analysis in order to collect data.
The results are as follows. First, in the formal analysis of trees, statistically significant results were obtained
in pen pressure, in the number of leaves, and in the existence of tree stumps, of shades, of tree bark, of
base line, of extraneous matter on tree, of a description of the environmental background, and of a
description of the inside of the tree crown except for tree branches. Second, in content analysis, statistically
significant results were found for the existence of wind, tree survival, tree strength, scars left, and coming
into his or her favor. Accordingly, these data proves that the Baum test can be used to check maladaptive
soldiers’ adaptability levels in their army lives.