Loscalzo Yura, Giannini Marco, Gori Alessio, Fabio Annamaria Di
Department of Health Sciences, School of Psychology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Department of Human Sciences, LUMSA University, Rome, Italy.
Front Psychol. 2018 Feb 13;9:103. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00103. eCollection 2018.
Working as a peacekeeper is associated with the exposure to acute and/or catastrophic events and chronic stressors. Hence, the meager literature about peacekeepers' wellbeing has mainly analyzed Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This study aims to deep the analysis of the wellbeing of peacekeepers military. Based on the few studies on this population, we hypothesized that Italian peacekeeper military officers and enlisted men ( = 167; 103 males, 6 females, 58 missing) exhibit lower levels of internalizing symptoms (i.e., PTSD, depression, general anxiety, obsessions, and somatization) as compared to a control group ( = 60; 32 males, 28 females). Moreover, we hypothesized that peacekeepers have higher levels of psychological resources (i.e., self-efficacy, self-esteem, social support) and quality of life (i.e., higher life satisfaction and lower general stress). We compared the groups by means of MANOVAs on the subscales of the Psychological Treatment Inventory (PTI; Gori et al., 2015). We found that Italian peacekeepers have lower internalizing symptoms and higher levels of self-efficacy and self-esteem than the control group; however, no statistically significant differences were observed on perceived social support. Finally, peacekeepers have a higher quality of life: scores reflect higher life satisfaction and lower distress than the control group. This study is in line with previous literature supporting the claim that Italian peacekeeper military officers have sufficient psychological resources for coping with the stressful situations implied in peacekeeping missions. Future studies should deepen the analysis of the military's psychological characteristics by comparing war veterans and peacekeeper military.
担任维和人员与接触急性和/或灾难性事件以及慢性压力源有关。因此，关于维和人员福祉的少量文献主要分析了创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）。本研究旨在深入分析维和军人的福祉。基于对这一群体的少数研究，我们假设意大利维和军官和士兵（n = 167；103名男性，6名女性，58名缺失数据）与对照组（n = 60；32名男性，28名女性）相比，内化症状（即创伤后应激障碍、抑郁、广泛性焦虑、强迫观念和躯体化）水平较低。此外，我们假设维和人员具有更高水平的心理资源（即自我效能感、自尊、社会支持）和生活质量（即更高的生活满意度和更低的总体压力）。我们通过对心理治疗量表（PTI；戈里等人，2015年）子量表进行多变量方差分析来比较两组。我们发现，意大利维和人员的内化症状低于对照组，自我效能感和自尊水平高于对照组；然而，在感知到的社会支持方面未观察到统计学上的显著差异。最后，维和人员的生活质量更高：得分反映出比对照组更高的生活满意度和更低的痛苦程度。本研究与先前的文献一致，支持意大利维和军官有足够的心理资源来应对维和任务中所隐含的压力情况这一观点。未来的研究应该通过比较退伍军人和维和军人来深入分析军人的心理特征。
