ArticleJournal of affective disorders2020
Psychosocial protective factors and suicidal ideation: Results from a national longitudinal study of veterans.
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- Parental well-being predicts post-9/11 veterans' suicidal ideation during the transition from military service to civilian life.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Article
- Marital Status, Social Integration, and Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in the Military Health and Well-Being Project.Journal of clinical psychology · 2026Article
- Disrupting posttrauma networks: Identifying candidate intervention targets to improve military veterans' mental health and well-being.Journal of anxiety disorders · 2026Article
- Beyond Risk Prediction: Considering Upstream Universal Suicide Prevention to Decrease Risk and Increase Resilience.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Well-Being and Suicidal Ideation in U.S. Veterans: Age Cohort Effects During Military-to-Civilian Transition.American journal of preventive medicine · 2025Article
- Financial Well-Being of U.S. Military Veterans and Health Impact: Results From the Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking.Medical care · 2024Article
- A Whole-Person Measurement Strategy for Vulnerable Veterans: Revisiting Maslow's Hierarchy.Medical care · 2024Article
- Socioeconomic Correlates of Suicidal Ideation in Military Veterans: Examining the Interaction Between Homelessness and Financial Debt.Community mental health journal · 2024Article
- Associations of Mortality Outcomes With Employment Status at Discharge From VA Vocational Rehabilitation Service Programs.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2024Article
- Trauma and Social Adversity in Autism: Considerations and Directions for Clinicians and Researchers.The Pennsylvania journal on positive approaches · 2024Article
- From posttraumatic stress symptoms to suicidal ideation among military veterans: Pathways founded on meaning in life and gratitude.Journal of traumatic stress · 2024Article
- How well can U.S. military veterans' suicidal ideation be predicted from static and change-based indicators of their psychosocial well-being as they adapt to civilian life?Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2024Article
- Associations between Predictors of PTSD and Psychosocial Functioning in Veterans: Results from a Longitudinal Assessment Study.Depression and anxiety · 2024Article
- The Association between Perceived Family Financial Stress and Adolescent Suicide Ideation: A Moderated Mediation Model.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Relationship between three aspects of resilience-adaptive characteristics, withstanding stress, and bouncing back-in hospital workers exposed to prolonged occupational stress during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Contribution of veterans' initial post-separation vocational, financial, and social experiences to their suicidal ideation trajectories following military service.Suicide & life-threatening behavior · 2023Article
- Association between modifiable social determinants and mental health among post-9/11 Veterans: A systematic review.Journal of military, veteran and family health · 2023Article
- Criminal legal involvement among recently separated veterans: Findings from the LIMBIC study.Law and human behavior · 2022Article
- Life weariness, suicidal thoughts and mortality: a sixteen-year longitudinal study among men and women older than 60 years.BMC public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis study investigates the empirical association between psychosocial protective factors and subsequent suicidal ideation in veterans.
methodsWe conducted a national longitudinal survey in which participants were randomly drawn from over one million U.S. military service members who served after September 11, 2001. Data were provided by a total of 1090 veterans representative of all 50 states and all military branches in two waves of data collection one year apart (79% retention rate).
resultsIn chi-square analyses, psychosocial protective factors at wave 1 (employment, meeting basic needs, self-care, living stability, social support, spirituality, resilience, and self-determination) were significantly related to lower suicidal ideation at wave 2. In multivariable analyses controlling for covariates at wave 1 including suicidal ideation, the total number of protective factors endorsed at wave 1 significantly predicted reduced odds of suicidal ideation at wave 2. In multivariable analysis examining individual risk and protective factors, again controlling for covariates, results showed that money to cover basic needs and higher psychological resilience at wave 1 were associated with significantly lower odds of suicidal ideation at wave 2. LIMITATIONS: The study measured the link between psychosocial protective factors and suicidal ideation but not suicide attempts, which would be an important next step for this research.
conclusionsThe results indicate that psychosocial rehabilitation and holistic approaches targeting financial well-being, homelessness, resilience, self-care, social support, spirituality, and work may offer a promising avenue in both veteran and non-veteran populations for treatment safety planning as well as suicide risk management and prevention.
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