Perceived Need for Help Seeking in Deployed U.S. Navy Personnel
Abstract
There is little research on help seeking in U.S. military. We analyzed data from 2,616 Navy personnel who deployed between June 2006 and March 2007. Outcome variables were perceived need for help with: health, stress/emotional, and family/relationship concerns. Personnel with traumatic stress were 3.5 times more likely to perceive a need for help for health concerns, 8 times more likely to report stress/emotional concerns, and 5.5 times more likely to report family/relationship concerns than those without. Personnel with depressive symptoms were 2 times more likely to perceive a need to seek help for health concerns, 4 times more likely to report stress/emotional concerns, and 2.5 times more likely to report family/relationship concerns than those without. Married Navy personnel perceived a need to seek help 1.5 times more than non-married personnel. Current findings show differences between predisposing factors (e.g., marital status) in help seeking in military and civilian samples.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2009
- Accession Number
- ADA539366
Entities
People
- Jeremiah D. Ford
Organizations
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences