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Personal values in soldiers after military deployment: associations with mental health and resilience
BACKGROUND: After military deployment, soldiers are at an increased risk of developing posttraumatic psychiatric disorders. The correlation of personal values with symptoms, however, has not yet been examined within a military context. METHOD: Schwartz’s Portrait Values Questionnaire (PVQ), the Post...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Co-Action Publishing
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4012073/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24808938 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/ejpt.v5.22939 |
Sumario: | BACKGROUND: After military deployment, soldiers are at an increased risk of developing posttraumatic psychiatric disorders. The correlation of personal values with symptoms, however, has not yet been examined within a military context. METHOD: Schwartz’s Portrait Values Questionnaire (PVQ), the Posttraumatic Stress Diagnostic Scale (PDS), and the 11-item version of the Resilience Scale (RS-11) were completed by 117 soldiers of the German Armed Forces who had recently been deployed to Afghanistan (n=40 undergoing initial psychiatric treatment, n=77 untreated). RESULTS: Logistic regression showed that the value types of hedonism (−), power (−), tradition (+), and universalism (+) were significantly correlated with the probability and severity of PTSD and whether the participant was in treatment or not. The effects were partially mediated by the RS-11 scale values. CONCLUSIONS: Value types seem to be associated with psychiatric symptoms in soldiers after deployment. These results could contribute to the further development of therapeutic approaches. |
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