Lien Roger, Bendixen Mons, Kennair Leif Edward Ottesen
Department of Psychology, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
Mil Psychol. 2020 Sep 17;32(5):453-467. doi: 10.1080/08995605.2020.1794477. eCollection 2020.
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 (). The hierarchical regression analysis showed that all three meaning themes and two coping strategies were associated with psychological growth, and that (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.
很少有研究调查士兵在经历高度紧张的事件后认为什么是有意义的，以及这些事件在事后可能会产生哪些积极影响。本研究报告了一项新开发的问卷——《服役意义》（MoS）的心理测量特性，及其在研究意义构建过程与心理成长的关联强度方面的应用。184名挪威空军退伍军人参与了国外不同军事分支的各种任务，他们完成了《服役意义》问卷以及其他反映心理成长、心理韧性、复原力、压力、暴露程度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的意义主题，正如先前定性研究所预期的那样。层次回归分析表明，所有三个意义主题和两种应对策略都与心理成长相关，并且（应对和应对的认知）对于提高退伍军人心理成长的前景似乎尤为重要。文章还提出了未来的研究方向，包括对问卷进行微调的建议。
