Researchers and practitioners are invested in understanding how deployment experiences impact the nearly 193,000 U.S. service members who deploy in a given year. Yet, there remains a need to adequately identify salient deployment experiences through survey measurement tools and understand how differential experiences are uniquely related to mental health outcomes. Therefore, this study examined the factor structure of an established combat experiences measure from the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Service members (Army STARRS) dataset to identify underlying survey constructs that reflect nuanced deployment experiences. Then, we examined the association between diverse combat experiences and current mental health symptoms (i.e., anxiety and depressive symptoms) and the mediating role of coping.Data were drawn from the Army STARRS data (N = 14,860 soldiers), specifically the All Army Study component. A principal component analysis (PCA) was conducted to examine the dimensionality of the combat experiences scale, and then a path model was conducted to examine the relationships between combat experiences, coping with stress following a deployment, and mental health symptoms while controlling for relevant individual and interpersonal factors.Results from the principal component analysis suggested that the Army STARRS combat experiences scale encompasses two components, specifically: “Expected combat experiences” and “Responsible for non-enemy deaths.” Both “Expected combat experiences” and “Responsible for non-enemy deaths” were associated with higher levels of anxiety and depressive symptoms, respectively, and “Responsible for non-enemy deaths” was also indirectly linked to these mental health outcomes through coping with stress after deployment.These findings provide insight into the dimensionality of combat experiences and offer practitioners a more nuanced understanding of how to process unique combat experiences that differentially relate to mental health symptoms.
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Promoting adolescent well-being: Drawing from basic and applied developmental frameworks and research
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Cooper, E., Vandenberg, C., Sjolseth, S., Short, K., Sherman, H., Hanson, E., O’Neal, C. W., & Lucier- Greer, M. (2024). Promoting adolescent well-being: Drawing from basic and applied developmental frameworks and research. Auburn, AL: Military REACH.
Focus:
Children
Youth
Programming
Mental health
Physical health
Branch of Service:
Multiple branches
Military Affiliation:
Active Duty
Population:
Childhood (birth - 12 yrs)
School age (6 - 12 yrs)
Adolescence (13 - 17 yrs)
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Cooper, Erin; Vandenberg, Carlynn; Sjolseth, Sheila; Short, Kaylee; Sherman, Haley; Hanson, Emily; O'Neal, Catherine W.; Lucier-Greer, Mallory
2024
Empowering through education: Frameworks for relationship education, parent education, and sexual violence prevention
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Cooper, E., Vandenberg, C., Hanson, E., Sherman, H., Saxey, M., Tidwell, A., O’Neal, C. W., & Lucier-Greer, M. (2024). Empowering through education: Frameworks for relationship education, parent education, and sexual violence prevention. Auburn, AL: Military REACH.
Focus:
Children
Youth
Parents
Couples
Programming
Trauma
Mental health
Branch of Service:
Multiple branches
Military Affiliation:
Active Duty
Guard
Reserve
Population:
Childhood (birth - 12 yrs)
Adolescence (13 - 17 yrs)
Adulthood (18 yrs & older)
Young adulthood (18 - 29 yrs)
Thirties (30 - 39 yrs)
Middle age (40 - 64 yrs)
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Cooper, Erin; Vandenberg, Carlynn; Sherman, Haley; Saxey, Matthew; Tidwell, Allison; O'Neal, Catherine W.; Lucier-Greer, Mallory
2024
3 A review of evidence-based strategies to help military families navigate relocation
A review of evidence-based strategies to help military families navigate relocation
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Vandenberg, C., Hanson, E., Tidwell, A., Sherman, H., Chen, C.-F., O’Neal, C. W., & Lucier-Greer, M. (2023). A review of evidence-based strategies to help military families navigate relocation. Auburn, AL: Military REACH.
Focus:
Children
Youth
Parents
Couples
Mental health
Physical health
Branch of Service:
Army
Navy
Air Force
Coast Guard
Marine Corps
Multiple branches
Military Affiliation:
Active Duty
Population:
Childhood (birth - 12 yrs)
Preschool age (2 -5 yrs)
School age (6 - 12 yrs)
Adolescence (13 - 17 yrs)
Adulthood (18 yrs & older)
Young adulthood (18 - 29 yrs)
Thirties (30 - 39 yrs)
Middle age (40 - 64 yrs)
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Vandenberg, Carlynn; Hanson, Emily; Tidwell, Allison; Sherman, Haley; Chen, Chia-Feng; O'Neal, Catherine W.; Lucier-Greer, Mallory
2023
Combat deployment experiences and soldier mental health: Examining the factor structure of a combat experiences scale
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Sherman, H., Frye-Cox, N., & Lucier-Greer, M. (2021). Combat deployment experiences and solider mental health: Examining the factor structure of a combat experiences scale. Military Medicine, usab456. https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usab456
Focus:
Mental health
Branch of Service:
Army
Population:
Adulthood (18 yrs & older)
Young adulthood (18 - 29 yrs)
Thirties (30 - 39 yrs)
Middle age (40 - 64 yrs)
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Sherman, Haley; Frye-Cox, Nicky; Lucier-Greer, Mallory
2021
Coping and mental health differences among active duty service members and their spouses with high and low levels of marital warmth
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Lucier-Greer, M., Quichocho, D., Frye-Cox, N., Sherman, H., Burke, B., & Duncan, J. M. (2020). Coping and mental health differences among active duty service members and their spouses with high and low levels of marital warmth. Military Psychology, 32, 425-431. https://doi.org/10.1080/08995605.2020.1803724
Focus:
Couples
Mental health
Parents
Branch of Service:
Multiple branches
Military Affiliation:
Active Duty
Population:
Thirties (30 - 39 yrs)
Middle age (40 - 64 yrs)
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Lucier-Greer, Mallory; Quichocho, Davina; Frye-Cox, Nicky; Sherman, Haley; Burke, Benjamin; Duncan, James M.
2020
This study examined the relationship between marital warmth (e.g., openly expressing affection, supportive behaviors) and assessments of coping (i.e., challenges coping with military life and self-efficacy in the context of stress) and mental health (i.e., depressive symptoms and anxiety symptoms) in a sample of active duty men and their spouses/romantic partners (N = 234 military couples). Results from a series of multivariate analysis of variance tests indicate that service members and spouses who reported higher levels of marital warmth also reported better coping skills and mental health compared to individuals in couple relationships that demonstrated lower levels of marital warmth. Intervention and prevention implications targeting social support and marital warmth are provided.
A review and application of posttraumatic growth for enhancing the well-being of military service members and their families
APA Citation:
Burke, B., Lucier-Greer, M., Quichocho, D., Sherman, H., Nichols, L., & O’Neal, C. W. (2019). A review and application of posttraumatic growth for enhancing the well-being of military service members and their families. Auburn, AL: Military REACH.
Focus:
Children
Youth
Parents
Couples
Deployment
Trauma
Mental health
Physical health
Veterans
Branch of Service:
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corps
Multiple branches
Population:
Childhood (birth - 12 yrs)
Infancy (2 - 23 mo)
Preschool age (2 -5 yrs)
School age (6 - 12 yrs)
Adolescence (13 - 17 yrs)
Adulthood (18 yrs & older)
Young adulthood (18 - 29 yrs)
Thirties (30 - 39 yrs)
Middle age (40 - 64 yrs)
Aged (65 yrs & older)
Very old (85 yrs & older)
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Burke, Benjamin; Lucier-Greer, Mallory; Quichocho, Davina; Sherman, Haley; Nichols, Lucy; O'Neal, Catherine Walker
2019
1 A HIDDEN CRISIS: WOMEN'S POSTPARTUM MENTAL HEALTH
Posted by Sherman, Haley
2 A SALUTE TO OUR WOMEN SERVICE MEMBERS FOR WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH
Posted by Sherman, Haley
3 ADAPTING AND OVERCOMING DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Posted by Sherman, Haley
4 CULTIVATING COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
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5 YOU ARE NOT ALONE: NAVIGATING MENTAL HEALTH
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Parent-Child Communication during Deployment
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