Sowden Walter J, Jones Rachell L, Thorbeck Stein P
Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.
Stress Health. 2025 Aug;41(4):e70097. doi: 10.1002/smi.70097.
This study examined how U.S. Army Soldiers' subjective perceptions of organizational affect relate to holistic mental health across the deployment cycle. Using a repeated cross-sectional design, 1554 Soldiers completed surveys before (T1), during (T2), and after (T3) deployment. Perceptions of organizational affect were conceptualised along two theoretically grounded dimensions: ambiance (emotional tone) and vigour (motivational energy), and measured using a novel validated scale. Factor analyses identified four distinct perceptions: suffering (negative ambiance, low vigour), contentment (positive ambiance, low vigour), restlessness (negative ambiance, high vigour), and zeal (positive ambiance, high vigour). General linear models showed that perceptions of organizational affect at T2 and T3 were significantly associated with psychological distress, hedonic happiness, and eudaimonic thriving at those time points, controlling for pre-deployment (T1) holistic mental health. Perceptions of suffering were linked to increased distress, perceptions of contentment to greater happiness, and perceptions of both zeal and restlessness to greater thriving. Perceptions of organizational affect accounted for 5%-15% of the variance in holistic mental health outcomes. These findings underscore the importance of both perceptions of organizational ambiance and vigour in shaping mental health and well-being and suggest opportunities for targeted interventions in high-stakes occupational environments like military deployments.
本研究考察了美国陆军士兵对组织情感的主观认知在整个部署周期中如何与整体心理健康相关联。采用重复横断面设计，1554名士兵在部署前（T1）、部署期间（T2）和部署后（T3）完成了调查。对组织情感的认知沿着两个基于理论的维度进行概念化：氛围（情感基调）和活力（激励能量），并使用一种新的经过验证的量表进行测量。因子分析确定了四种不同的认知：痛苦（消极氛围，低活力）、满足（积极氛围，低活力）、不安（消极氛围，高活力）和热情（积极氛围，高活力）。一般线性模型显示，在控制部署前（T1）的整体心理健康的情况下，T2和T3时对组织情感的认知与当时的心理困扰、享乐幸福感和自我实现蓬勃发展显著相关。痛苦的认知与更多的困扰相关，满足的认知与更大的幸福感相关，热情和不安的认知都与更大的蓬勃发展相关。对组织情感的认知在整体心理健康结果的方差中占5%-15%。这些发现强调了对组织氛围和活力的认知在塑造心理健康和幸福感方面的重要性，并为在军事部署等高风险职业环境中进行有针对性的干预提供了机会。
