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  • Title: [Mental disorders in German soldiers after deployment - impact of personal values and resilience].
    Author: Zimmermann P, Firnkes S, Kowalski J, Backus J, Alliger-Horn C, Willmund G, Hellenthal A, Bauer A, Petermann F, Maercker A.
    Journal: Psychiatr Prax; 2015 Nov; 42(8):436-42. PubMed ID: 25158144.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: Soldiers are at increased risk of developing mental health disorders after military deployment. The impact of personal values on psychological symptomatology based on an empirical working model has not yet been studied in a military environment. METHODS: 117 German Armed Forces soldiers completed the Portrait-Values-Questionnaire (PVQ), the Patient-Health-Questionnaire (PHQ) and the Resilience-Scale (RS-11) after their deployment to Afghanistan. RESULTS: In the regression analyses the values hedonism, benevolence, tradition, self-direction and universalism had a differential significant impact on depression, anxiety and somatoform symptoms of the PHQ. The RS-11 sum scale values were negatively correlated with symptomatology. CONCLUSION: Personal values and resilience seem to be associated with psychological symptomatology in soldiers after military deployment. The results can contribute to the further development of both preventive and therapeutic approaches.
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