Post-traumatic growth among UK military personnel deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan: data from phase 3 of a military cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Post-traumatic growth (PTG) refers to beneficial psychological change following trauma.

Aims

This study explores the sociodemographic, health and deployment-related factors associated with PTG in serving/ex-serving UK armed forces personnel deployed to military operations in Iraq or Afghanistan.

Method

Multinomial logistic regression analyses were applied to retrospective questionnaire data collected 2014-2016, stratified by gender. PTG scores were split into tertiles of no/very low PTG, low PTG and moderate/large PTG.

Results

A total of 1447/4610 male personnel (30.8%) and 198/570 female personnel (34.8%) reported moderate/large PTG. Male personnel were more likely to report moderate/large PTG compared with no/very low PTG if they reported a greater

SUBMITTER: Dyball D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9534878 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature