Identifying risk and resilience factors associated with the likelihood of seeking mental health care among U.S. Army Soldiers-in-training

  • Duncan, J. M., Reed-Fitzke, K., Ferraro, A. J., Wojciak, A. S., Smith, K. M., & Sánchez, J. (2020). Identifying risk and resilience factors associated with the likelihood of seeking mental health care among US Army soldiers-in-training. Military Medicine, 185(7-8), e1247-e1254. https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usz483.
  • The Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) posits that a person’s future behaviors are dependent on social norms, a person’s attitudes and intentions, and their ability to perform a desired behavior. Drawing from the TPB, this study examined how various factors (i.e., demographics, adverse childhood experiences, mental health issues, past history of seeking help, social support, resilience, and stress tolerance) were associated with the help-seeking behavior (i.e., seeking counseling to manage relationship or emotional problems) of Service members. The sample included 24,717 Soldiers-in-training who completed questionnaires for the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Service members (STARRS). Overall, most Soldiers-in-training were unlikely to seek help if they had emotional or relational problems; however, among those that did seek help, help-seeking was contingent on several individual and relational factors (e.g., gender and marital status).

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