Daily uplifts and coping as a buffer against everyday hassles: Relationship with stress reactions over time in military personnel

Larsson, Gerry; Ohlsson, Alicia; Berglund, Anna Karin; Nilsson, Sofia

doi:10.15714/scandpsychol.4.e13

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“…The questionnaire was composed of a combination of established scales and newly developed items. The latter were deduced from the qualitative study of Swedish veterans (Larsson et al ., 2017) mentioned above.…”

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confidence: 88%

“…Drawing on the potential importance of accumulated everyday stress, a recent qualitative grounded theory study of military veterans resulted in a theoretical model (Larsson, Ohlsson, Berglund & Nilsson, 2017). This model forms the present study’s conceptual point of departure and is shown in Fig.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This model forms the present study’s conceptual point of departure and is shown in Fig. 1 (only the superior model categories are shown, for details see Larsson et al ., 2017).…”

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“…Model describing the superior categories and their interactions (modified from Larsson et al ., 2017) [Colour figure can be viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com]…”

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“…The theoretical idea behind the interplay between hassles, uplifts and coping on the one hand, and symptoms on the other, is that if the outcome of the interplay is favorable, there will be few, if any, stress‐related symptoms, and vice versa (Larsson et al ., 2017). In the favorable case, hassles and dysfunctional coping is well balanced by uplifts and functional coping (see e.g., Libin, 2017, for a discussion of functional – dysfunctional coping).…”

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Interrelationship of emotional stability, hassles, uplifts, coping and stress‐related symptoms in Swedish female and male military veterans

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Scandinavian J Psychology

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Drawing on previous research, two hypotheses were tested: (1) the higher the frequency of daily uplifts and use of functional coping strategies, and the lower the frequency of daily hassles and use of dysfunctional coping strategies, the lower the prevalence of stress-related symptoms will be, and vice versa; and (2) the direct relationship between the personality dimension emotional stability and stress-related symptoms, will be moderated by daily hassles, daily uplifts and coping processes. A quantitative test of a qualitatively developed model was performed. A questionnaire was sent to all Swedish military veterans who had served in the period 2011-2015 and 1859 individuals (1,614 men and 199 women, 46 individuals did not mark gender) responded (40.5% total response rate). All analyses were made separately for men and women. Comparisons between theoretically favorable and unfavorable profiles across the model variables, daily uplifts, daily hassles, functional coping and dysfunctional coping (based on a cluster analysis), showed considerable differences regarding the prevalence of stress-related symptoms as predicted by the model and supporting the first hypothesis. Regression and moderation analyses yielded limited support for the second hypothesis. As predicted, female veterans reported a higher frequency of physical, emotional and cognitive stress-related symptoms than male veterans. The main conclusion is that the theoretical model stood up well when empirically tested and offers a promising approach to future studies on everyday stress and health. The results contribute with new knowledge of military veterans compared to the main stream PTSD, depression and drug abuse-oriented studies.

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confidence: 99%

“…This model forms the present study’s conceptual point of departure and is shown in Fig. 1 (only the superior model categories are shown, for details see Larsson et al ., 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Model describing the superior categories and their interactions (modified from Larsson et al ., 2017) [Colour figure can be viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com]…”

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confidence: 99%

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Interrelationship of emotional stability, hassles, uplifts, coping and stress‐related symptoms in Swedish female and male military veterans

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Military veterans’ perception of quality of care following international operations

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Cogent Psychology

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Measuring the Impact of Operational Stress: The Relevance of Assessing Stress-related Health Across the Deployment Cycle

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Introduction Mental health issues from intense or prolonged stress are a common concern in regard to military deployment. Deployments can objectively vary in stress exposure, but it is the individuals’ perception of that stress that affects sustainability, mental health, and combat fitness, which calls for the need of a protocol to evaluate and maintain a current estimation of stress impact. So, how can we assess the impact of stressors during different phases of deployment? Materials and Methods We used three psychological self-rating forms, the PSS14—Perceived Stress Scale, SMBM—Shirom Melamed Burnout Measure, and KSQ—Karolinska Sleep Questionnaire, to measure the impact of stress before (T1), during (T2), and at homecoming (T3). We also wanted to see if T1 or T2 results could predict T3 results to be able to better prepare the homecoming program.The forms were handed out to Swedish soldiers deployed in Mali in 2017. The forms were collected as a way to assess the status of the mental health load at three timepoints based on the personnel function as a way to assess the current “psychological fitness level”. Results The results show that stress measured using PSS14 was high at homecoming. The same result was observed for SMBM. No measures from T1 or T2 could however predict the T3 results. Conclusions Taken together, we found that screening of all contingent staff is relatively easy and provides personnel with relevant data on mental health and stress at the current time. We also found that test results correlated between T1 and T2 but not with T3. This indicates that there might be different stressors that affect staff at different timepoints.

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Daily uplifts and coping as a buffer against everyday hassles: Relationship with stress reactions over time in military personnel

Cited by 10 publications

References 16 publications

Interrelationship of emotional stability, hassles, uplifts, coping and stress‐related symptoms in Swedish female and male military veterans

Interrelationship of emotional stability, hassles, uplifts, coping and stress‐related symptoms in Swedish female and male military veterans

Military veterans’ perception of quality of care following international operations

Measuring the Impact of Operational Stress: The Relevance of Assessing Stress-related Health Across the Deployment Cycle

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