Validation of Modified DRRI Scales in a National Sample of OEF/OIF Veterans

对退伍军人医疗保健的预期影响：研究人员和临床医生需要采取措施， 可以用来评估退伍军人的经验与信心。其主要产品是 项目，一套经过更新和验证的评估部署风险和弹性的量表 已经证明与部署后健康相关的因素，将提供这样的 工具.基于这些量表管理的结果可用于计划和交付更多 适当照顾最近返回的持久自由行动/伊法组织退伍军人。 项目背景：部署风险和弹性清单（DRRI）是一套量表 评估部署期间经历的主要心理社会风险和复原力因素， 以及在部署之前和之后立即部署。DRRI最初是由 在海湾战争的退伍军人身上验证，因此，目前还不清楚这套量表是否完全 为其他退伍军人群体捕捉相关经验。考虑到必须 作为DRRI的进一步发展，最近对DRRI进行了更新，以便更广泛地适用于 其他同伙。为扩大《世界卫生组织关于艾滋病毒/艾滋病问题的 DRRI和一些DRRI项目进行了修改，以增强表面效度和更广泛的 适用于退伍军人群体。 项目目标：本项目的主要目标是进行系统的实证研究， 对OEF/OIF退伍军人样本进行修改后的DRRI量表调查。 项目方法：在第一阶段，原始DRRI项目和任何已修改或 将对具有全国代表性的600名“持久自由行动”/“伊拉克自由行动”退伍军人进行抽样调查。的 这一阶段的具体目标是：（1）检查修改后的初始项目和量表特征 DRRI量表的目标是确定需要提供的最少项目数量 每个量表都有足够的结构覆盖率，（2）评估两者的心理测量质量 新开发和修改的量表，维斯维斯原始DRRI量表。在第二阶段， 将对第二批400名“持久自由行动”/“临时自由行动”进行DRRI量表和卫生措施测试。 老兵本阶段研究的具体目标是：（1）记录项目和规模 最终确定的DRRI量表（现命名为DRRI-2）的特征，以及（2）检查 判别效度、标准相关效度和最终量表的判别效度。

Anticipated Impacts on Veterans' Healthcare: Researchers and clinicians require measures that can be used to assess the experiences of veterans with confidence. The primary product of this project, an updated and validated suite of scales for assessing deployment risk and resilience factors that have demonstrated associations with postdeployment health, will provide such a tool. Results based on the administration of these scales can be used to plan and deliver more appropriate care for recently returned OEF/OIF veterans. Project Background: The Deployment Risk and Resilience Inventory (DRRI) is a suite of scales for assessing key psychosocial risk and resilience factors experienced during deployment, as well as prior to and immediately following deployment. The DRRI was initially developed and validated on veterans of the Gulf War, and therefore, it is unclear whether this set of scales fully captures relevant experiences for other veteran cohorts. In recognition of the importance of further development of the DRRI, the DRRI was recently updated for broader applicability to other cohorts. Several new scales were developed to enhance the content coverage of the DRRI and a number of DRRI items were modified for enhanced face validity and broader applicability across veteran cohorts. Project Objectives: The primary objective of this project is to conduct a systematic empirical investigation of modified DRRI scales in a sample of OEF/OIF veterans. Project Methods: In Phase I, the original DRRI items and any items that have been modified or added will be administered to a nationally representative sample of 600 OEF/OIF veterans. The specific aims for this phase are to: (1) examine initial item and scale characteristics for modified DRRI scales with the goal of identifying the minimum number of items needed to provide adequate construct coverage for each scale, and (2) evaluate the psychometric quality of both newly developed and modified scales, vis a vis the original DRRI scales. In Phase II, finalized DRRI scales and health measures will be administered to a second sample of 400 OEF/OIF veterans. The specific aims for this phase of the study are to (1) document item and scale characteristics for the finalized DRRI scales (now named DRRI-2), and (2) examine the discriminant validity, criterion-related validity, and discriminative validity of finalized scales.