2022 journal article

Unit cohesion during deployment and post-deployment mental health: is cohesion an individual- or unit-level buffer for combat-exposed soldiers?

PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE, 52(1), 121–131.

By: L. Campbell-Sills*, P. Flynn n, K. Choi*, T. Ng*, P. Aliaga*, C. Broshek*, S. Jain*, R. Kessler* ...

author keywords: Depression; military personnel; multilevel analysis; post-traumatic stress disorder; protective factors; psychological resilience; risk factors; suicidal ideation
MeSH headings : Humans; Military Personnel / psychology; Mental Health; Afghan Campaign 2001-; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / psychology; Suicidal Ideation; Risk Factors
TL;DR: Policy and interventions that enhance horizontal cohesion may protect combat-exposed units against post-deployment mental health problems and efforts to support individual soldiers who report low levels of horizontal or vertical cohesion may also yield mental health benefits. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: January 3, 2022

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