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Summary
Resilience is important for Service members' mental health; however, little is known about the associations between self-assessed resilience and Service members' well-being. This study had 35,807 new Soldiers complete a survey regarding their resilience, mental disorders, childhood maltreatment, and personal growth. In addition, 8,558 experienced Soldiers also completed the same survey at four different time points both before and after deployment. Results indicated that self-assessing resilience is a valid way to predict Soldiers' well-being, especially in stressful situations like deployment.
Citation
Campbell-Sills, L., Kessler, R. C., Ursano, R. J., Sun, X., Taylor, C. T., Heeringa, S. G., Nock, M. K., Sampson, N. A., Jain, S., Stein, M. B. (2017). Predictive Validity and Correlates of Self-Assessed Resilience Among U.S. Army Soldiers. Depression and Anxiety, 1-10. doi:10.1002/da.22694