The role of unit cohesion and perceived resilience in substance use disorder.

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    • Source:
      Publisher: Taylor & Francis Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 8915802 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1532-7876 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 08995605 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Mil Psychol Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: Philadelphia, PA : Taylor & Francis
      Original Publication: Hillsdale, N.J : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, c1989-
    • Subject Terms:
      Substance-Related Disorders*/psychology ; Substance-Related Disorders*/epidemiology ; Resilience, Psychological* ; Military Personnel*/psychology; Humans ; Male ; Adult ; Female ; Young Adult ; Military Deployment/psychology ; United States/epidemiology ; Stress, Psychological/psychology
    • Abstract:
      Soldiers have high rates of substance use disorders (SUD), often in the aftermath of stressors experienced during military deployments. There are several factors that protect against SUD. For example, individual factors like perceived resilience and group factors such as unit cohesion may make someone less likely to abuse substances. However, there is little research on the differential influence of these resilience factors on SUD over and above deployment stressors. In this study, we examined the relative effects of perceived resilience, unit cohesion, and deployment stressors on SUD in a sample of 21,449 active duty and reserve soldiers from the U.S. Army (primarily White and male, mean age = 28.66, SD = 7.41) using structural equation modeling. We found that unit cohesion (ß = -.17) and perceived resilience (ß = -.16) had negative effects on SUD over and above deployment stressors. The study findings clarify research on resilience to SUD and have implications for addressing substance use in the military, specifically regarding the importance of building unit cohesion.
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    • Grant Information:
      U01 MH087981 United States MH NIMH NIH HHS
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: Unit cohesion; army; military; resilience; substance use disorder
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20240624 Date Completed: 20240624 Latest Revision: 20240627
    • Publication Date:
      20240627
    • Accession Number:
      PMC11197915
    • Accession Number:
      10.1080/08995605.2023.2189861
    • Accession Number:
      38913766