Associations of active-duty mental health trajectories with post-military adjustment: Results from the STARRS Longitudinal Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many servicemembers experience difficulties transitioning from military to civilian life. We examined whether changes in mental health observed during active duty were associated with indices of post-military adjustment.

Methods

Survey data from the multi-wave Army STARRS Pre/Post Deployment Study (PPDS; conducted 2012-2014) were linked to follow-up data from wave 1 of the STARRS Longitudinal Study (STARRS-LS1; conducted 2016-2018). Empirical Bayes estimates of intercepts and slopes of posttraumatic stress, problematic anger, and depressive symptoms during the PPDS were extracted from mixed-effects growth models and evaluated as predictors of life stress among 1080 participants who had separated or retired from the Army at STARRS-LS1; and of job satisfaction among

SUBMITTER: Campbell-Sills L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11271821 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature