Psychological well-being in US veterans with non-fatal suicide attempts: A multi-cohort population-based study

Measurement validity of the six-factor model of psychological well-being in a military sample: Implications for measuring well-being in service members.

“…Generally, our findings are consistent with literature demonstrating difficulty in structurally validated Ryff's model of well-being. The findings of this study are important for military researchers to consider as the PWB is a widely used scale in military and veteran populations (e.g., Anglim et al, 2020;Bergmann et al, 2019;Brown et al, 2022;Caddick & Smith, 2014;Chen et al, 2018;Fadaei et al, 2020;Migliore & Pound, 2016) and recent military initiatives are proposing interventions with PWB as a primary outcome, such as the Army's People First Strategy (Grinston et al, 2019). Additionally, a recent congressionally directed report (Suicide Prevention and Response Independent Review Committee [SPRIRC], 2022) called for organizational and policy changes within the military with the goal of increasing service member well-being.…”

“…These limitations may also extend to organizationally, contextually, and culturally distinct populations (e.g., service members) that often have unique perspectives on factors that influence their happiness and life satisfaction. Despite these issues, the PWB as a model and as a survey instrument remains a popular measure of well-being in the literature, including among military and veteran populations (e.g., Anglim et al, 2020; Bergmann et al, 2019; Brown et al, 2022; Caddick & Smith, 2014; Chen et al, 2018; Fadaei et al, 2020; Migliore & Pound, 2016) as well as in military spouses (Wang et al, 2015) and children (Sharma & Nagle, 2018), with this research often calling for changes in policy as a result of their findings (Fadaei et al, 2020).…”