PTSD Symptoms in Significant Others of Military Service Members

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Stahl ◽  
Brenda Nash
Keyword(s):  
Military Service ◽  
Significant Others ◽  
Service Members ◽  
Ptsd Symptoms ◽  
Military Service Members

Emotion expression, avoidance and psychological health during reintegration

2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina M. Marini ◽  
Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth ◽  
Sharon L. Christ ◽  
Melissa M. Franks
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Military Service ◽  
National Guard ◽  
Significant Others ◽  
Emotion Expression ◽  
Combat Exposure ◽  
Service Members ◽  
Military Service Members ◽  
Individual Use

We evaluated the extent to which military service members’ and their significant others’ coping strategies (i.e., individual use of emotion expression and avoidance) were independently associated with their own—and each other’s—psychological health during reintegration using an actor–partner interdependence model. We simultaneously evaluated actor associations (e.g., associations between service members’ own coping and psychological health) and partner associations (e.g., associations between service members’ coping and their significant others’ psychological health) with a sample of 175 National Guard couples who recently experienced deployment. We further evaluated (1) whether there were interactive associations among partners’ coping strategies and (2) whether service members’ level of combat exposure moderated any of these associations. Results indicated that, for both service members and significant others, psychological health was positively associated with one’s own emotion expression and negatively associated with one’s own avoidance. Moreover, there was a significant partner association between service members’ psychological health and their significant others’ emotion expression but only in the context of high combat exposure. Implications for intervention and prevention efforts are discussed.

scholarly journals Self-reported PTSD symptoms and social support in U.S. military service members and veterans: a meta-analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1851078
Author(s):  
Rebecca K. Blais ◽  
Vanessa Tirone ◽  
Daria Orlowska ◽  
Ashton Lofgreen ◽  
Brian Klassen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Service Members ◽  
Ptsd Symptoms ◽  
Military Service Members

scholarly journals A-124 Acute Predictors of Chronic PTSD Symptoms Following TBI in U.S. Military Service Members

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 917-917
Author(s):  
Lippa S ◽  
Bailie J ◽  
Brickell T ◽  
Hungerford L ◽  
Lange R ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Military Service ◽  
Injury Severity ◽  
Combat Exposure ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Service Members ◽  
Ptsd Symptoms ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Post Injury ◽  
Military Service Members

Abstract Objective Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has been shown to be a major contributor to poor outcome after Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Understanding the factors that contribute to PTSD symptoms may lead to improved clinical management of PTSD and TBI. This study examines acute predictors of self-reported PTSD symptoms after TBI in military service members. Method Participants included 210 U.S. military service members (Age: M = 33.9 years, SD = 10.2) without injury (n = 86), or with history of uncomplicated mild TBI (n = 56), complicated mild, moderate, or severe TBI (n = 43), or bodily injury (n = 25) assessed at 0–8 months and ≥ 2 years post-injury. At both assessments, participants completed the PTSD Checklist (PCL-C), Neurobehavioral Symptom Inventory, Alcohol Use Disorder Checklist, Combat Exposure Scale, and TBI Quality of Life and passed symptom validity tests. Stepwise linear regression included 26 potential predictors (demographics, injury characteristics, military characteristics, and self-report measures at baseline) of PCL-C Total at follow-up. Results In this model, (F(4,188) = 68.0; p < .001; R2 = .591), baseline PCL-C (R2Δ = .52) was the main predictor of follow-up PCL-C Total, followed by Cognitive Concerns (R2Δ = .04), number of deployments (R2Δ = .01), and injury severity (R2Δ = .02). When baseline PCL-C was excluded as a predictor, somatosensory symptoms (R2Δ = .361), Emotional/Behavioral Dyscontrol (R2Δ = .067), Sleep (R2Δ = .033), Combat Exposure (R2Δ = .024), and Cognitive Concerns (R2Δ = .017) predicted follow-up PCL-C (F(5,187) = 37.7; p < .001; R2 = .502). Semipartial correlations revealed that most of the explained variance was shared among self-report predictors. Conclusion Findings suggest acute psychological distress impacts future PTSD symptomatology, whereas TBI characteristics, such as TBI severity and number of TBIs, have minimal influence.

PTSD symptom clusters and suicide attempts among high-risk military service members: A three-month prospective investigation.

2019 ◽  
Vol 87 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian H. Stanley ◽  
Megan L. Rogers ◽  
Jetta E. Hanson ◽  
Peter M. Gutierrez ◽  
Thomas E. Joiner
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Ptsd Symptom ◽  
Symptom Clusters ◽  
Service Members ◽  
Military Service Members ◽  
Prospective Investigation

Prospective study of anxiety, post-traumatic stress and depression on postural control, gait, otolith and visuospatial function in military service members with persistent post-concussive symptoms

2019 ◽  
pp. 271-287
Author(s):  
◽  
Andrew Lewandowski ◽  
Lindell K. Weaver ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Brain Injury ◽  
Postural Control ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Service Members ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
High Anxiety ◽  
Affective Symptoms ◽  
Military Service Members ◽  
Post Traumatic

Purpose: Military service members often report both affective and vestibular complaints after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), but associations between symptoms and vestibular deficits can be subtle and inconsistent. Methods: From two complementary studies, one of military service members with persistent post-concussive symptoms after mTBI (NCT01611194) and the other of adult volunteers with no history of brain injury (NCT01925963), affective symptoms were compared to postural control, gait, otolith and visuospatial function. Results: The studies enrolled 71 participants with mTBI and 75 normative controls. Participants with mTBI had significantly reduced postural equilibrium on the sensory organization test (SOT), and more so in those with high anxiety or post-traumatic stress. Cervical and ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (cVEMP; oVEMP) showed prolonged latencies in mTBI participants compared to controls; oVEMPs were significantly delayed in mTBI participants with high anxiety, post-traumatic stress or depression. A subset of the mTBI group had abnormal tandem gait and high anxiety. Anxiety, posttraumatic stress, and depression did not correlate with performance on the 6-Minute Walk Test, visuospatial neuropsychological measures, and the Satisfaction with Life Scale in the mTBI group. Conclusions: In this study military service members with mTBI reported affective symptoms, concurrently with vestibular-balance concerns. Worse scores on affective measures were associated with abnormal findings on measures of postural control, gait and otolith function.

Duration of seropositivity following yellow fever vaccination in U.S. military service members

Vaccine ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (52) ◽  
pp. 8286-8291
Author(s):  
Nicole P. Lindsey ◽  
Lori Perry ◽  
Marc Fischer ◽  
Tabitha Woolpert ◽  
Brad J. Biggerstaff ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Yellow Fever ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Service Members ◽  
Military Service Members ◽  
Yellow Fever Vaccination
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