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U.S. Army Deployment Resilience & Retention: Wave II.

ADA608909

Publication Date	2014
Personal Author	Pierce, P. F.
Page Count	31
Abstract	The purpose of this longitudinal study is to test relevant theory providing results that will support future military behavioral research and provide guidance for interventions to promote mental health and retention. An additional wave of data explored how various personal and organizational factors (e.g., job stress, involvement, commitment, supervisor support) contribute to deployment readiness, mental health and functioning, and ultimately retention. Qualitative data were gathered with supplemental funding to identify the main events, experiences and agents that bring about conflict and disruption in the re-integration of OEF and OIF veterans. Design: Survey methodology was used to gather measures based on the selected theoretical frameworks (reported earlier). Mixed methods including surveys and qualitative in-depth telephone interviews. Randomized, stratified sample (component, deployment & parental status) of 829 US Army men and women deployed to OEF and OIF. A subset of 24 respondents volunteered for an additional telephone interview to assess family stressors. A multivariate data analysis strategy was utilized to address the specific aims and qualitative analyses were used to describe the family stressors and social network characteristics of the military family participants. Testing multivariate models revealed that post-deployment mental health is influenced by multiple interactive factors in an individual's military environment, family and social network. The study revealed several models that will be useful for future research into this complex network of factors that enhance or impede psychological recovery from stressful and sometimes traumatic experiences. This research is instrumental in understanding the relationships among the psychological, motivational and organizational factors that influence soldier and family well being.
Keywords	Personnel retention Army personnel Afghanistan conflict Deployment Family members Human behavior Interventions Iraqi war Mental health Surveys
Source Agency	Non Paid ADAS
NTIS Subject Category	74 - Military Sciences 92B - Psychology 57T - Psychiatry 70D - Personnel Management, Labor Relations & Manpower Studies
Corporate Authors	Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor. Div. of Research Development and Administration.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept. 1 May 2008-30 Apr 2014.
NTIS Issue Number	201504
Contract Number	HU0001-08-1-TS09

U.S. Army Deployment Resilience & Retention: Wave II.

U.S. Army Deployment Resilience & Retention: Wave II.
ADA608909

Publication Date	2014
Personal Author	Pierce, P. F.
Page Count	31
Abstract	The purpose of this longitudinal study is to test relevant theory providing results that will support future military behavioral research and provide guidance for interventions to promote mental health and retention. An additional wave of data explored how various personal and organizational factors (e.g., job stress, involvement, commitment, supervisor support) contribute to deployment readiness, mental health and functioning, and ultimately retention. Qualitative data were gathered with supplemental funding to identify the main events, experiences and agents that bring about conflict and disruption in the re-integration of OEF and OIF veterans. Design: Survey methodology was used to gather measures based on the selected theoretical frameworks (reported earlier). Mixed methods including surveys and qualitative in-depth telephone interviews. Randomized, stratified sample (component, deployment & parental status) of 829 US Army men and women deployed to OEF and OIF. A subset of 24 respondents volunteered for an additional telephone interview to assess family stressors. A multivariate data analysis strategy was utilized to address the specific aims and qualitative analyses were used to describe the family stressors and social network characteristics of the military family participants. Testing multivariate models revealed that post-deployment mental health is influenced by multiple interactive factors in an individual's military environment, family and social network. The study revealed several models that will be useful for future research into this complex network of factors that enhance or impede psychological recovery from stressful and sometimes traumatic experiences. This research is instrumental in understanding the relationships among the psychological, motivational and organizational factors that influence soldier and family well being.
Keywords	Personnel retention Army personnel Afghanistan conflict Deployment Family members Human behavior Interventions Iraqi war Mental health Surveys
Source Agency	Non Paid ADAS
NTIS Subject Category	74 - Military Sciences 92B - Psychology 57T - Psychiatry 70D - Personnel Management, Labor Relations & Manpower Studies
Corporate Authors	Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor. Div. of Research Development and Administration.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept. 1 May 2008-30 Apr 2014.
NTIS Issue Number	201504
Contract Number	HU0001-08-1-TS09