Assessing Hope in Student Veterans

Umucu, Emre; Moser, Erin; Bezyak, Jill

doi:10.1353/csd.2020.0008

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“…In addition, PERMA predicted college adjustment, physical and mental health quality of life, and life satisfaction in student veterans. In addition, PERMA was found to be positively associated with hope (Umucu et al, 2020b), optimism and resilience (Umucu et al, 2018), and negatively associated with depression and anxiety (Umucu et al, 2018). Yet, the relationship between PERMA and PTSD was not examined in student veterans.…”

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Well-Being, PTSD, College Adjustment in Student Veterans With and Without Disabilities

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We examined mediating effects of the pillars of well-being (i.e., positive emotion, engagement, relationships, meaning, and accomplishment) on the relationship between PTSD symptoms and college life adjustment for student veterans. We recruited 205 student veterans. Mediation analysis was conducted to test whether the pillars of well-being mediate the relationship between PTSD and college life adjustment. The results showed that positive emotion and accomplishment had mediating effects on the relationship between PTSD symptoms and college adjustment.

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“…Positive psychology, defined as the scientific study of positive human traits and experiences, has been integrated into rehabilitation practice and research (e.g., Duckworth, Steen, & Seligman, 2005; Martz & Livneh, 2016; Moran & Nemec, 2013; Sheldon & King, 2001). Positive psychology researchers have emphasized that the focus of psychology and rehabilitation should not be only on psychopathology, functional limitations, and weaknesses but also on happiness, functioning, strengths, and well-being (Duckworth et al, 2005; Martz & Livneh, 2016; Tansey et al, 2018; Umucu, 2017). The rehabilitation literature has also revealed that positive psychology constructs (e.g., hope, resilience, meaning in life, flourishing) are linked to positive health and rehabilitation outcomes such as well-being and psychosocial adaptation to disability (Martz & Livneh, 2016; Moser et al, 2020; Umucu, Grenawalt, et al, 2019).…”

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“…The rehabilitation literature has also revealed that positive psychology constructs (e.g., hope, resilience, meaning in life, flourishing) are linked to positive health and rehabilitation outcomes such as well-being and psychosocial adaptation to disability (Martz & Livneh, 2016; Moser et al, 2020; Umucu, Grenawalt, et al, 2019). Besides, more research has been conducted to understand whether positive psychology constructs can be used in the context of veterans’ health (Castillo, Mason, D’Addario, Chow, & Tenenbaum, 2019; Umucu et al, 2018; Umucu, Wu, et al, 2019; Umucu, Moser, & Bezyak, 2020). However, there are many other unexamined positive psychology constructs, such as grit, in psychiatric rehabilitation research.…”

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Measuring grit in veterans with mental illnesses: Examining the model structure of grit.

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Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal

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The purpose of this study was to examine the model structure, reliability, and validity of the Grit-S for veterans with mental illnesses. Method: A total of 156 veterans with mental illnesses (M age ϭ 37.85, SD ϭ 10.74) were recruited from Amazon MTurk to complete an online survey consisting of the Short Grit Scale (Grit-S), the Brief Resilience Scale, the PERMA-Profiler, the Patient Health Question-naireϪ9, and the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule II. Results: Results revealed that grit is a multidimensional construct in veterans with mental illnesses. The Grit-S was found to have acceptable reliability and concurrent validity. Grit was found to be negatively associated with functional disability in veterans with mental illnesses after controlling for demographic variables. Conclusions and Implications:The Grit-S is a multidimensional, reliable, and valid scale for measuring grit in veterans with mental illnesses. Impact and ImplicationsThis study confirms that grit is a multidimensional construct in veterans with mental illnesses. The Short Grit Scale is a reliable and valid scale for measuring grit in veterans with mental illnesses. Grit was found to be associated with higher levels of well-being and resilience and lower levels of depression and functional disability. Future research is needed to develop an empirical grit intervention for veterans with mental illnesses.

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“…The five pillars of the PERMA contribute to overall well-being as second-order construct, and/or each can be defined and measured independently (Coffey et al, 2016; Seligman, 2011). In addition, previous research studies have found that pillars of PERMA and total PERMA scores were positively correlated with flourishing, resilience, hope, grit, optimism, and negatively associated with depression, anxiety, and functional disability (Tansey et al, 2018; Umucu, 2017; Umucu et al, 2018; Umucu et al, 2019; Umucu, Moser, & Bezyak, 2020; Umucu, Villegas, Viramontes, Jung, & Lee, 2020; Umucu et al, 2020), showing evidence for its concurrent validity. The PERMA has been tested as a well-being model; however, no research, from our knowledge, has been conducted to evaluate the PERMA for VwMI.…”

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Examining the Structure of the PERMA Theory of Well-Being in Veterans With Mental Illnesses

Umucu

2020

Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin

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Assessing and improving veterans’ well-being, especially those veterans who are at risk for or experiencing mental illnesses, has received national attention. We examined (a) the structural validity of the Positive emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Accomplishment (PERMA) theory of well-being and (b) psychometric properties of the PERMA-Profiler in veterans with mental illnesses. The sample consisted of one-hundred and fifty-six veterans with mental illnesses. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and hierarchical CFA were conducted to test one-factor, five-factor, and a second-order PERMA model. Our findings indicated that re-specified second-order model was found to have best model fit indices. The subconstructs of the PERMA were correlated with resilience and functional limitations in theoretically expected direction. The PERMA-Profiler scale was found to have strong internal consistency and acceptable concurrent validity in a sample of veterans with mental illnesses. Rehabilitation counseling clinicians and researchers can use the PERMA-Profiler to screen the five pillars of well-being and overall well-being in veterans with mental illnesses through the lens of an empirical PERMA theory of well-being.

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Assessing Hope in Student Veterans

Cited by 13 publications

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Well-Being, PTSD, College Adjustment in Student Veterans With and Without Disabilities

Well-Being, PTSD, College Adjustment in Student Veterans With and Without Disabilities

Measuring grit in veterans with mental illnesses: Examining the model structure of grit.

Examining the Structure of the PERMA Theory of Well-Being in Veterans With Mental Illnesses

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