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Stress, mental health, and job performance among active duty military personnel: findings from the 2002 Department of Defense Health-Related Behaviors Survey
- Source :
- Military medicine. 171(9)
- Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- This study examined the extent to which high levels of occupational and family stress were associated with mental health problems and productivity loss among active duty military personnel. We analyzed data from the 2002 Department of Defense Survey of Health-Related Behaviors among Military Personnel, which provided extensive population-based information on 12,756 active duty personnel in all branches of the military worldwide. Military personnel reported higher levels of stress at work than in their family life. The personnel reporting the highest levels of occupational stress were those 25 or younger, those who were married with spouses not present, and women. Personnel with high levels of stress had significantly higher rates of mental health problems and productivity loss than those with less stress. We recommend that prevention and intervention efforts geared toward personnel reporting the highest levels of stress be given priority for resources in this population.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Mental Health Services
Active duty
Population
Poison control
Efficiency
Workload
Occupational safety and health
Environmental health
Surveys and Questionnaires
Task Performance and Analysis
Prevalence
Medicine
Humans
Family
education
Occupational Health
education.field_of_study
business.industry
Mental Disorders
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
General Medicine
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Mental health
Health Surveys
Family life
United States
Military personnel
Military Personnel
Military Psychiatry
Female
Medical emergency
Occupational stress
business
Stress, Psychological
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00264075
- Volume :
- 171
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Military medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ab39864ba40054411c9b671df3164e1f