Department of Educational Psychology, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.
Mil Psychol. 2023 Sep-Oct;35(5):440-450. doi: 10.1080/08995605.2023.2204060. Epub 2023 May 1.
Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces are an at-risk population given their increased mental health concerns resulting from their military service. However, there has been limited research conducted with this population during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine aspects of positive psychological functioning with 132 U.S. veterans during COVID-19 using Lazarus and Folkman's (1984) transactional model of stress and coping. Specifically, we examined the personal resources of hope and proactive personality, two coping styles, and satisfaction with life. We performed correlation analyses to determine how these constructs related to each other. We also conducted a regression analysis to examine if the two dimensions of hope, proactive personality, adaptive coping, and maladaptive coping predicted veterans' satisfaction with life. Lastly, we utilized a mediation analysis to investigate whether two coping styles mediated the relationships among personal resources and satisfaction with life. Findings from the regression analysis suggested hope pathways and proactive personality were significant predictors of satisfaction with life. Results from the mediation analysis suggested that adaptive and maladaptive coping did not mediate the relationships among personal resources and satisfaction with life.
美国武装部队的退伍军人是一个高危人群，因为他们的军事服务导致心理健康问题增加。然而，在新型冠状病毒（COVID-19）大流行期间，针对这一人群的研究非常有限。本探索性研究的目的是使用 Lazarus 和 Folkman（1984）的应激和应对的交易模型，用 132 名美国退伍军人来考察积极心理功能的各个方面。具体来说，我们研究了希望和前瞻性人格这两种应对方式的个人资源，以及生活满意度。我们进行了相关分析，以确定这些结构之间的相互关系。我们还进行了回归分析，以检验希望的两个维度、前瞻性人格、适应性应对和非适应性应对是否可以预测退伍军人的生活满意度。最后，我们利用中介分析来调查两种应对方式是否在个人资源和生活满意度之间的关系中起中介作用。回归分析的结果表明，希望途径和前瞻性人格是生活满意度的重要预测因素。中介分析的结果表明，适应性应对和非适应性应对并不能在个人资源和生活满意度之间的关系中起中介作用。
