Military unit support, postdeployment social support, and PTSD symptoms among active duty and National Guard soldiers deployed to Iraq
Military unit support, postdeployment social support, and PTSD symptoms among active duty and National Guard soldiers deployed to Iraq
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DOI：
10.1016/j.janxdis.2014.04.004
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发表时间：
2014-06-01
影响因子：
10.3
通讯作者：
Vasterling, Jennifer J.
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作者：
Han, Sohyun C.;Castro, Frank;Vasterling, Jennifer J.
研究表明，军事单位的支持和社区部署后的社会支持与军事部署后较少的PTSD症状有关。这项研究扩展了先前的研究，通过检查部署前的单位支持和创伤后应激障碍症状之间的关联在伊拉克部署以及单位支持，创伤后应激障碍症状，和部署后的社会支持835美国陆军和173国民警卫队士兵之间的部署。多元回归分析表明，部署前单位的支持是没有显着相关的部署后创伤后应激障碍的严重程度，在任何一组士兵，而较高的单位在部署期间的支持显着相关，部署后较低的创伤后应激障碍的严重程度，只有现役士兵。在两组中，较高水平的部署后社会支持与较低水平的部署后PTSD症状严重程度相关。这些研究结果表明，部署后的社会支持是一个特别强大的缓冲部署后的PTSD症状的两组士兵，而单位的支持可能是有限的。(C)2014爱思唯尔有限公司版权所有。
Research suggests that military unit support and community postdeployment social support are associated with fewer PTSD symptoms following military deployment. This study extended prior research by examining the associations among predeployment unit support and PTSD symptoms before Iraq deployment as well as unit support, PTSD symptoms, and postdeployment social support after deployment among 835 U.S. Army and 173 National Guard soldiers. Multiple regression analyses indicated that predeployment unit support was not significantly associated with postdeployment PTSD severity in either group of soldiers, whereas higher unit support during deployment was significantly associated with lower postdeployment PTSD severity among active duty soldiers only. Among both groups, higher levels of postdeployment social support were associated with lower levels of postdeployment PTSD symptom severity. These findings suggest that postdeployment social support is a particularly strong buffer against postdeployment PTSD symptoms among both groups of soldiers whereas the effects of unit support may be limited. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.