Post-deployment Reintegration Measure: Psychometric Replication and Preliminary Validation Results

Abstract

An abrupt return home from a six-month overseas deployment to "normal" roles and activities can be a significant stressor for military personnel. Our initial scale development study revealed that the post-deployment reintegration experiences of Canadian Forces personnel were best characterized as distinct positive and negative aspects of four theoretical dimensions: personal, family, occupational, and cultural reintegration. In the present study, 474 Canadian Forces personnel coming back from an established peace support operation completed a revised version of our reintegration measure. We present further support for its multidimensionality, and psychometric quality. Moreover, the current research also provides preliminary evidence of validity as the measure is correlated in predicted ways with organizational commitment, coping strategies, symptomatology, and military-related stressors.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA640334

Entities

People

  • Ann-renee Blais
  • Donald R. Mccreary
  • Megan M. Thompson

Organizations

  • Defence Research and Development Canada

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Classification
  • Data Analysis
  • Deployment
  • Descriptive Analytics
  • Factor Analysis
  • Families (Human)
  • Information Science
  • Maximum Likelihood Estimation
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • National Security
  • Overseas
  • Security
  • Statistics
  • Surveys
  • Traumatic Stress Disorder

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Organizational Psychology.
  • Psychological Intervention/Treatment for Stress, Anxiety, PTSD, and Related Emotional and Cognitive Health Symptoms.