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The meaning of service questionnaire and its association with psychological growth among Veterans
Military Psychology ( IF 1.270 ) Pub Date : 2020-09-17 , DOI: 10.1080/08995605.2020.1794477
Roger Lien 1 , Mons Bendixen 1 , Leif Edward Ottesen Kennair 1
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ABSTRACT

Few studies have investigated what soldiers find meaningful after being exposed to highly stressful events and what positive effects they might have in the aftermath. This study reports the psychometric properties of a newly developed questionnaire, Meaning of Service (MoS), and its application to the study of how strongly meaning-making processes are associated with psychological growth. One hundred eighty-four Norwegian Air Force Veterans who have participated in various missions abroad in different branches of the military completed the MoS questionnaire along with other scales reflecting psychological growth, hardiness, resilience, stress, and exposure, as well as personal and mission characteristics. The principal component analysis mainly identified three major meaning themes as expected from previous qualitative research (Confirmation of ability, Cohesion of peers, and Significance of effort). The hierarchical regression analysis showed that all three meaning themes and two coping strategies were associated with psychological growth, and that Confirmation of ability (coping and recognition of coping) seems particularly important to enhance Veterans’ prospects of psychological growth. Future research directions are proposed including suggestions for minor modifications of the questionnaire.



中文翻译:

服务问卷的意义及其与退伍军人心理成长的关系。

摘要

很少有研究调查士兵在承受高压力事件后发现什么有意义,以及他们在事后可能产生的积极影响。这项研究报告了一个新开发的调查问卷的心理测量特性,即“服务意义”(MoS),并将其应用于研究意义形成过程与心理成长之间的关联程度。参加过军队不同部门海外任务的184名挪威空军退伍军人完成了MoS问卷以及其他反映心理成长,坚韧,抵御力,压力和承受力以及个人和任务特征的量表。主成分分析主要确定了三个主要意义主题,这是先前定性研究所期望的(能力的确认,同伴的凝聚力和努力的重要性)。等级回归分析表明,所有三个含义主题和两种应对策略都与心理成长有关,而能力的确认(应对的认识和认可)对于增强退伍军人的心理成长前景显得尤为重要。提出了未来的研究方向,包括对调查表进行较小修改的建议。

更新日期:2020-09-17
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