The Associations Between Army National Guard Versus Active Duty Soldier Status and Perceived Burdensomeness, Thwarted Belongingness, and Acquired Capability

Podlogar, Matthew C.; Houtsma, Claire; Khazem, Lauren R.; Ringer, Fallon B.; Mofield, Thomas; Green, Bradley A.; Anestis, Michael D.; Lim, Ingrid C.; Joiner, Thomas E.

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“…We converted the measures into a common metric and controlled for the version in the substantive analyses, but determining the superiority of one set over the other was beyond the scope of our investigation. In terms of sampling, active duty military couples comprised 90% of our sample, which did not permit a reasonable test of whether National Guard and reserve component military couples have unique experiences (e.g., Podlogar et al, ). Men comprised 99% of our sample of returning service members, and women comprised 99% of our sample of at‐home partners, which precluded conclusions about deployment versus gender.…”

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Mental health symptoms and the reintegration difficulty of military couples following deployment: A longitudinal application of the relational turbulence model

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Objective: Understanding the factors that predict the reintegration difficulty of military couples during the postdeployment transition has important implications for theory, research, and practice. Building on the logic of the relational turbulence model, this paper evaluates the relationship processes of reunion uncertainty and reintegration interference from a partner as mediators of the connection between people's mental health symptoms and their difficulty with reintegration after deployment. Method: Dyadic longitudinal data were collected from 555 US military couples once per month for 8 consecutive months. Results: Findings mapped the trajectory of reintegration difficulty and suggested reunion uncertainty and reintegration interference from a partner as mediators of the link between people's depressive and posttraumatic stress symptoms and the magnitude of their reintegration difficulty. Conclusion: These results highlight relationship processes as a key domain of intervention to preserve the well-being of military couples during the postdeployment transition. K E Y W O R D S deployment, difficulty with reintegration, mental health symptoms, military couples, relational turbulence J. Clin. Psychol. 2019;75:742-765. wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/jclp 742 |

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Mental health symptoms and the reintegration difficulty of military couples following deployment: A longitudinal application of the relational turbulence model

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“…The sample also primarily focused on the high risk and understudied U.S. Army National Guard. These individuals have the highest rate of suicide within the military and are especially prone to feelings of thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness as compared to active duty military (Podlogar et al., ). Finally, this study is unique in examining a mechanism through which PTSD facilitates suicide ideation and action.…”

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How Distress Tolerance Mediates the Relationship Between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide Constructs in a U.S. Military Sample

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Objectives Despite the general suicide rate within the military being comparable to the general population when comparing peers, there are certain branches of the military that have elevated risk. Specifically, the U.S. National Guard has suicide rates that are constantly higher than other military branches and civilian peers. The National Guard are a unique military population in which they frequently transition between military and civilian life. With these unique experiences and heightened risk, military suicide prevention efforts may benefit from further research within this population. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is another concern amongst military personnel and has been linked to suicidal behavior. Methods The current study examined the indirect effects that distress tolerance, a protective factor against suicide, has on the relationship between PTSD and constructs within a well‐validated theory for suicide (the Interpersonal‐Psychological Theory for suicidal behaviors) in a sample of U.S. Army National Guard personnel. Results Results indicated that distress tolerance had a significant indirect effect on the relationship between PTSD and thwarted belongingness, perceived burdensomeness, and capability for suicide. Conclusions These findings are consistent with previous literature examining the relationship between distress tolerance and our outcome variables. These results could have important clinical implications, mainly that intervention strategies targeting distress tolerance could have significant impacts on suicide‐relate thoughts.

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“…Results indicated that in a military sample (91.8% National Guard), hostility was associated with perceived burdensomeness, but only at mean and high levels of negative urgency. Previous research utilizing a U.S. Army National Guard sample indicates that these individuals are especially prone to feelings of thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness due to their roles as both civilian and military members (Podlogar et al, ). These findings provide support for theories suggesting individual's temperament plays a vital role in their perception of the quality of their relationships with others.…”

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Internal Battles: Examining How Anger/Hostility Moderate the Association Between Negative Urgency and Suicidal Desire Variables in Military and Civilian Samples

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Objective Suicide is consistently within the top ten leading causes of death in the United States. The suicide rate of National Guard personnel is elevated relative to the general population; however, research suggests that many of the suicide risk factors for military personnel are similar to the suicide risk factors for civilians. We examined whether negative urgency moderated the relationships between anger/hostility and perceived burdensomeness/thwarted belongingness in both a military and civilian samples. Method There were two samples in the current study: (1) military personnel (majority national guard) and (2) community members oversampled for suicide attempt history. Results Our hypotheses were partially supported with the interaction of hostility and negative urgency predicting perceived burdensomeness in the military sample. Within civilians, anger interacted with negative urgency to predict perceived burdensomeness. There were nonsignificant findings for analyses predicting thwarted belongingness. Exploratory analyses indicated that in both samples, anger and hostility interacted with negative urgency to predict suicidal ideation. Conclusions Results suggest that aggressive attributes may contribute to individuals feeling as though they are a burden on others when moderate to high levels of negative urgency are present. Additionally, this study provides foundational support for the differences between suicidal desire and ideation.

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The Associations Between Army National Guard Versus Active Duty Soldier Status and Perceived Burdensomeness, Thwarted Belongingness, and Acquired Capability

Abstract: These findings support the notion that National Guard and active duty soldiers differ on perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness. Additional research investigating sources of perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness among guardsmen is needed.

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Mental health symptoms and the reintegration difficulty of military couples following deployment: A longitudinal application of the relational turbulence model

Mental health symptoms and the reintegration difficulty of military couples following deployment: A longitudinal application of the relational turbulence model

How Distress Tolerance Mediates the Relationship Between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide Constructs in a U.S. Military Sample

Internal Battles: Examining How Anger/Hostility Moderate the Association Between Negative Urgency and Suicidal Desire Variables in Military and Civilian Samples

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