精神疾病的退伍军人的就业和情感福祉
1College of Health Sciences, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA.
概括
就业与退伍军人的更好的心理健康有关. 与失业同龄人相比,患有精神疾病的退伍军人报告说,抑郁和压力较少,幸福感和社会联系改善.
科学领域:
- 心理健康 心理健康
- 退伍军人研究 退伍军人研究
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
背景情况:
- 精神疾病和失业严重影响退伍军人的幸福感.
- 了解退伍军人就业状况对心理的影响对于有针对性的干预至关重要.
- 以前的研究强调了就业对平民和退伍军人的整体健康的作用.
研究的目的:
- 调查在受雇者和失业者之间心理健康的差异 精神疾病的退伍军人.
- 用国家卫生研究院 (NIH) 情感工具箱的因素分析群体变化,包括负面影响,心理健康,压力和社会关系.
主要方法:
- 在2018-2020年间从三个不同的退伍军人样本 (N=517) 收集的数据.
- 利用独立样本的t测试来比较就业和失业群体之间的心理结果.
- 包括具有一般精神疾病,创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD) 症状和其他包括精神疾病在内的残疾的退伍军人.
主要成果:
- 在所有样本中,雇佣的退伍军人始终报告了较低的抑郁和压力水平.
- 雇佣的退伍军人表现出更高水平的积极情绪,生活满意度,生活的意义和改善的社会关系.
- 调查结果在所有样本中都是一致的,表明就业和心理健康之间存在强有力的联系.
结论:
- 就业是退伍军人的心理健康的重要保护因素.
- 旨在改善退伍军人就业的干预措施可以提高心理健康,减少心理健康负担.
- 调查结果强调了就业在促进退伍军人群体最佳心理和身体健康方面的关键作用.
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