The REBOOT Combat Recovery program: Health and socioemotional benefits
- Knobloch, L. K., Owens, J. L., Gobin, R. L., & Wolf, T. J. (2022). The REBOOT Combat Recovery program: Health and socioemotional benefits. Military Behavioral Health, 10(4), 408-420. https://doi.org/10.1080/21635781.2022.2067917
- REBOOT Combat Recovery (henceforth REBOOT) is a 12-week, faith-based program that aims to help combat Service members, Veterans, and their families recover from spiritual wounds of war (e.g., hampered ability to derive meaning from combat). Using 111 REBOOT program graduates, this study examined whether the REBOOT program improved physical health (e.g., pain interference, pain intensity, fatigue, sleep disturbance), mental health (i.e., anxiety and depressive symptoms), social health (i.e., social participation), and socioemotional well-being (e.g., anger, meaning and purpose in life, social connectedness, forgiveness). The study also examined whether the REBOOT program’s socioemotional benefits were contingent upon people’s intrinsic religiosity (i.e., dedication and devotion to religious beliefs). All analyses accounted for demographics (e.g., sex, number of sessions attended, prior REBOOT participation). Overall, the REBOOT program was associated with improvements in various aspects of physical, mental, and social health, as well as with socioemotional well-being.
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