ArticleMilitary behavioral health2019
Social and Psychological Risk and Protective Factors for Veteran Well-Being: The Role of Veteran Identity and Its Implications for Intervention.
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- A Scoping Review of Military Culture, Military Identity, and Mental Health Outcomes in Military Personnel.Military medicine · 2024Article
- Military experiences, connection to military identity, and time since military discharge as predictors of United States veteran suicide risk.Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2024Article
- The Role of Military Identity in Substance Use and Mental Health Outcomes among U.S. Army Reserve and National Guard Soldiers.Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2023Article
- Impact and Risk of Moral Injury Among Deployed Veterans: Implications for Veterans and Mental Health.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Lost in Transition: The Behavioral Health Needs of Veterans in Eight County Jails.Administration and policy in mental health · 2022Article
- Genetic and Psychosocial Risk Factors Associated with Suicide Among Community Veterans: Implications for Screening, Treatment and Precision Medicine.Pharmacogenomics and personalized medicine · 2022Article
- Veterans' Interpretation of Diabetes Distress in Diabetes Self-Management: Findings From Cognitive Interviews.The science of diabetes self-management and care · 2021Article
- "It's like a Brotherhood": Thematic analysis of veterans' identity processes in substance abuse recovery homes.Journal of community psychology · 2021Article
- Transition from military to civilian: Identity, social connectedness, and veteran wellbeing.PloS one · 2021Article
- Predictors of Current DSM-5 PTSD Diagnosis and Symptom Severity Among Deployed Veterans: Significance of Predisposition, Stress Exposure, and Genetics.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2020Article
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Abstract
Social psychological theory hypothesizes that one's identity, self-definitions, and meanings used for a particular social role fosters individual purpose in life and affects behavior in specific social situations. As such, it can be protective against the onset of psychological disorders. We examined this hypothesis with data collected from 1,730 military veterans recruited to study the health effects of warzone deployments. The sample was primarily male, older, and White. Our key independent variable was a Likert scale rating the prominence of a respondent's veteran identity: how important it is to the person. Outcome variables included posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), suicide ideation, depression, alcohol misuse, and use of VA services. Bivariate analysis suggested that veterans with a prominent veteran identity are older, noncollege graduates, have less income, and had their first deployment to Vietnam. In multivariate analyses, study participants with a prominent veteran identity were less likely to exhibit suicide ideation, but more likely to misuse alcohol and use VA services. We found no differences for PTSD, self-rated health, or depression by veteran identity. Veterans who scored higher on the veteran identity scale appeared to be protected from suicidal thoughts, although they had an elevated risk for alcohol misuse.
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