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标题：Personal values in soldiers after military deployment: associations with mental health and resilience
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作者：Peter Zimmermann ; Susanne Firnkes ; Jens T. Kowalski 等
期刊名称：European Journal of Psychotraumatology
印刷版ISSN：2000-8198
电子版ISSN：2000-8066
出版年度：2014
卷号：5
DOI：10.3402/ejpt.v5.22939
语种：English
出版社：Taylor & Francis Group
摘要：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.Keywords: Beliefs/values; war; logistic regression; treatment readiness; active duty soldiersResponsible Editor: Rita Rosner, KU Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, Germany.For the abstract or full text in other languages, please see Supplementary files in the column to the right (under Article Tools)(Published: 5 May 2014)Citation: European Journal of Psychotraumatology 2014, 5: 22939 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/ejpt.v5.22939
关键词：Beliefs/values; war; logistic regression; treatment readiness; active duty soldiers