后应激障碍症状和军事经验的队列差异:一个生命历程的视角
Maria L Kurth1,2, Dakota D Witzel2, Suzanne C Segerstrom1,3
1Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA.
The Gerontologist
|January 10, 2024
概括
战斗退伍军人 战斗退伍军人
科学领域:
- 军人卫生保健 军人卫生保健
- 心理创伤学 心理创伤学
- 卫生社会学 卫生社会学
背景情况:
- 在过去的50年里,军队服役的重大转变.
- 在老兵队伍中对PTSD进行了有限的比较研究.
- 在退伍军人的心理健康中,需要对生命过程的视角.
研究的目的:
- 在越南,波斯湾和9/11战后退伍军人中比较PTSD症状.
- 检查生活过程,人口统计学和PTSD的经验因素.
- 确定队列特定和可概括的风险和保护因素.
主要方法:
- 从三个队伍中招募了167名社区居住的战斗退伍军人.
- 利用在线调查对PTSD症状和生活过程变量.
- 采用等级回归分析来评估PTSD的预测因素.
主要成果:
- 在有色人种和收入较低的退伍军人中,PTSD症状更高.
- 服务评估和社会支持显著预测了PTSD.
- 人口统计和经验,而不是特定的战区,是关键预测因素.
结论:
- 生活过程视角揭示了在退伍军人队伍中普遍化的PTSD风险因素.
- 人口统计和服务/邮政服务经验比战区更为关键.
- 研究结果支持广泛适用于各种退伍军人群体的治疗方式.
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