确定军事医务人员中部署中期积极和消极影响的预测因素
Kimberly D Gomes1,2, Brian A Moore3, Casey L Straud1,2,4
1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA.
Military medicine
|August 20, 2024
概括
部署的军事人员经历创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD) 症状和战斗压力经常报告负面影响. 在部署期间的社会支持对于在高压力职业中保持积极的心情和心理健康至关重要.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 军事医学 军事医学
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
背景情况:
- 情绪状态对管理生活事件的资源利用有重大影响.
- 关于影响积极影响和减少部署军人负面影响的因素的研究有限.
- 与部署相关的压力因素和行为健康问题是调查的关键领域.
研究的目的:
- 调查部署压力因素和行为健康症状与美国服务人员情感之间的关系.
- 确定影响军事部署期间积极和消极影响的因素.
- 了解部署对军事人员的心理影响.
主要方法:
- 调查了部署在伊拉克的1148名美国空军医务人员 (2004-2011).
- 利用了PTSD症状,战斗暴露,压力和情感的自我报告措施.
- 研究方案和数据收集得到了相关机构审查委员会和计划的批准.
主要成果:
- 89%的人报告了积极的军事经历,但许多人遇到了创伤性事件 (例如,看到伤亡者).
- 21%的人表现出临床水平的PTSD症状.
- 创伤后应激障碍症状,战斗暴露和压力显著预测负面影响 (39%的差异).
- 这些因素,以及一般的军事经验,预测了积极的影响 (28%的差异).
- 在情感模型中没有观察到明显的性别差异.
结论:
- 负面情绪可能与PTSD有关,PTSD在部署环境中是可以治疗的.
- 部署期间的社会支持是积极情绪的独特预测因素.
- 处于高压环境中的组织应优先培养社会联系,以支持心理健康和使命准备.
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