National Center for PTSD at VA Boston Healthcare System, 150 South Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02130, United States.
National Center for PTSD at VA Boston Healthcare System, 150 South Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02130, United States; Boston University School of Medicine, 72 East Concord Street, Boston, MA 02118, United States; Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, United States.
J Anxiety Disord. 2014 Jun;28(5):446-53. doi: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2014.04.004. Epub 2014 Apr 26.
Research suggests that military unit support and community postdeployment social support are associated with fewer PTSD symptoms following military deployment. This study extended prior research by examining the associations among predeployment unit support and PTSD symptoms before Iraq deployment as well as unit support, PTSD symptoms, and postdeployment social support after deployment among 835 U.S. Army and 173 National Guard soldiers. Multiple regression analyses indicated that predeployment unit support was not significantly associated with postdeployment PTSD severity in either group of soldiers, whereas higher unit support during deployment was significantly associated with lower postdeployment PTSD severity among active duty soldiers only. Among both groups, higher levels of postdeployment social support were associated with lower levels of postdeployment PTSD symptom severity. These findings suggest that postdeployment social support is a particularly strong buffer against postdeployment PTSD symptoms among both groups of soldiers whereas the effects of unit support may be limited.
研究表明，军事单位支持和社区部署后社会支持与军事部署后 PTSD 症状较少有关。这项研究通过检查在伊拉克部署之前的部署前单位支持与 PTSD 症状之间的关联以及 835 名美国陆军和 173 国民警卫队士兵部署后的单位支持、PTSD 症状和部署后社会支持，扩展了先前的研究。多元回归分析表明，在两组士兵中，部署前的单位支持与部署后 PTSD 的严重程度均无显著关联，而在现役士兵中，部署期间较高的单位支持与较低的部署后 PTSD 严重程度显著相关。在这两组士兵中，较高的部署后社会支持水平与较低的部署后 PTSD 症状严重程度相关。这些发现表明，部署后社会支持是两组士兵中预防 PTSD 症状的一个特别强大的缓冲，而单位支持的效果可能有限。
