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- Title
PTSD symptom increases in Iraq-deployed soldiers: comparison with nondeployed soldiers and associations with baseline symptoms, deployment experiences, and postdeployment stress.
- Authors
Vasterling, Jennifer J; Proctor, Susan P; Friedman, Matthew J; Hoge, Charles W; Heeren, Timothy; King, Lynda A; King, Daniel W
- Abstract
This prospective study examined: (a) the effects of Iraq War deployment versus non-deployment on pre- to postdeployment change in PTSD symptoms and (b) among deployed soldiers, associations of deployment/postdeployment stress exposures and baseline PTSD symptoms with PTSD symptom change. Seven hundred seventy-four U.S. Army soldiers completed self-report measures of stress exposure and PTSD symptom severity before and after Iraq deployment and were compared with 309 soldiers who did not deploy. Deployed soldiers, compared with non-deployed soldiers, reported increased PTSD symptom severity from Time 1 to Time 2. After controlling for baseline symptoms, deployment-related stressors contributed to longitudinal increases in PTSD symptoms. Combat severity was more strongly associated with symptom increases among active duty soldiers with higher baseline PTSD symptoms.
- Publication
Journal of traumatic stress, 2010, Vol 23, Issue 1, p41
- ISSN
1573-6598
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1002/jts.20487