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- Title
Suicidal or Self-Harming Ideation in Military Personnel Transitioning to Civilian Life.
- Authors
Mansfield, Alyssa J.; Bender, Randall H.; Hourani, Laurel L.; Larson, Gerald E.
- Abstract
Suicides have markedly increased among military personnel in recent years. We used path analysis to examine factors associated with suicidal/self-harming ideation among male Navy and Marine Corps personnel transitioning to civilian life. Roughly 7% of men (Sailors = 5.3%, Marines = 9.0%) reported ideation during the previous 30 days. Results suggest that combat exposure, substance abuse, and resilience are associated with suicidal ideation/self-harming thoughts through the mediation of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and/or depression symptoms. Substance abuse plays a moderating role. Resilience had a direct effect only among the Marines. Implications for improving the transition to civilian life are discussed.
- Subjects
SUICIDAL ideation; PSYCHOLOGY of military personnel; MARINES; PATH analysis (Statistics); POST-traumatic stress disorder; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Suicide & Life-Threatening Behavior, 2011, Vol 41, Issue 4, p392
- ISSN
0363-0234
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1943-278X.2011.00039.x