Resiliency and Mental Health Symptoms Among Active Duty Service Members With a History of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the associations between resilience and emotional symptoms among service members (SMs) with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and determine whether these relationships vary by the number of lifetime mTBI.

Design

Cross-sectional.

Setting

Southwestern US military interdisciplinary traumatic brain injury (TBI) facility.

Participants

N=230 SMs being treated for mTBI (92.2% of men, with a mean age of 33.8 years [SD, 8.8] and 13.5 years in active duty [SD, 8.3], and a median of 64.9 months from injury to intake).

Interventions

Not applicable; however, overall resilience (categorized as low, moderate, and high) and 5 themes (meaning-making and restoration, active coping, cognitive flexibility, spirituality, and self-efficacy) were measure

SUBMITTER: Remigio-Baker RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12447219 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature