Resilience–recovery factors in post-traumatic stress disorder among female and male Vietnam veterans: Hardiness, postwar social support, and additional stressful life events.
Факторы устойчивости и восстановления при посттравматическом стрессовом расстройстве у ветеранoв Вьетнама мужского и женского пола: стойкость, послевоенная социальная поддержка и дополнительные стрессовые жизненные события.
1998-02-01
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Structural equation modeling procedures were used to examine relationships among several war zone stressor dimensions, resilience-recovery factors, and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in a national sample of 1,632 Vietnam veterans (26% women and 74% men). A 9-factor measurement model was specified on a mixed-gender subsample of the data and then replicated on separate subsamples of female and male veterans. For both genders, the structural models supported strong mediation effects for the intrapersonal resource characteristic of hardiness, postwar structural and functional social support, and additional negative life events in the postwar period. Support for moderator effects or buffering in terms of interactions between war zone stressor level and resilience-recovery factors was minimal.
Key Findings
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Additional negative life events in the postwar period strongly mediated the relationship between war stressors and PTSD symptoms for both genders.
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Hardiness (an intrapersonal resource) strongly mediated the relationship between war zone stressors and PTSD symptoms for both female and male veterans.
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In a national sample of 1,632 Vietnam veterans (26% women, 74% men), a 9-factor measurement model of war stressors, resilience-recovery factors, and PTSD symptoms was specified and replicated for both genders.
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Postwar structural and functional social support strongly mediated the effects of war zone stressors on PTSD symptoms for both genders.
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There was minimal evidence for moderator or buffering effects: interactions between war zone stressor level and resilience-recovery factors did not substantially reduce PTSD symptoms.
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Vietnam War veterans (national sample of 1,632, 26% women and 74% men)
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Relationships among war-zone stressor dimensions, resilience–recovery factors (hardiness, postwar structural and functional social support, additional negative life events), and PTSD symptoms, including mediation and moderation effects
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