Risk Propensity in Soldiers Post-deployment: A Series of Studies Exploring Contributing Factors to Risk-taking after a Combat Deployment

Abstract

Anecdotal reports and experimental evidence suggests an increase in risk-taking behaviors and risk propensity in Soldiers after a combat deployment. This series of studies explored the relationship between risk propensity post-deployment with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury, combat experiences, perceptions of threats, and personality dimensions. The results suggest that risk propensity is influenced by PTSD, combat experiences, perceptions of deployment threat, and personality dimensions. Any discrepancies in results between the three studies in this series may be attributed to the amount of time since a subject's deployment, which varied between samples.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA553800

Entities

People

  • Amanda Kelley
  • Brad Erickson
  • Jeremy R. Athy
  • Melody King
  • Pedro Cruz
  • Timothy H. Cho

Organizations

  • United States Army Aeromedical Research Lab

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Brain
  • Brain Injuries
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Health Services
  • Human Behavior
  • Injury Prevention
  • Institutional Review Board
  • Medical Personnel
  • Mental Disorders
  • Mental Health
  • Psychiatry
  • Psychology
  • Public Health
  • Regression Analysis
  • Surveys
  • Traumatic Stress Disorder

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

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  • Organizational Psychology.