Centre for Research and Expertise, Veterans Institute, P.O. Box 125, 3940 AC Doorn, The Netherlands.
Aging Ment Health. 2010 Apr;14(3):328-38. doi: 10.1080/13607860903228812.
The aim of the present study was to examine whether the specific personal resources of self-esteem, optimism and perceived control, combined in the latent variable called 'resilience', were associated with cognitive processing of war-zone experiences. Data were collected by questionnaires from a sample of 1.561 veterans who had participated in various war or peacekeeping operations. Structural equation modelling was performed to assess the expected relationships between the observed and latent variables. The construct of resilience was well-defined and proved to be strongly associated with both construals of meaning, comprehensibility versus personal significance, after military deployment. According to our model, higher resilience predicted less distrust in others and the world, more personal growth and less intrusions and avoidance after military deployment.
本研究旨在探讨被称为“韧性”的特定个人资源（如自尊、乐观和感知控制）是否与对战争经历的认知处理有关。数据由参加过各种战争或维和行动的 1561 名退伍军人的问卷收集。结构方程模型用于评估观察变量和潜在变量之间的预期关系。韧性的结构定义明确，并且在军事部署后，与意义的构建（理解性与个人意义）强烈相关。根据我们的模型，较高的韧性预示着在军事部署后，对他人和世界的不信任度降低，个人成长度增加，侵入和回避减少。
