A bidirectional examination of mental health symptoms and perceptions of leader support: Which comes first?

Leader support for psychological health (LSPH) has been identified as an important factor in the prediction of mental health symptoms among warfighters. Although research has examined the relationship between LSPH and mental health symptoms, the extent to which this relationship is bidirectional has been underexplored. Consequently, the present study examined the longitudinal relationships between perceived LSPH and mental health symptoms (depression and PTSD) among military personnel over a 5-month period.

Association Between Self-Reported Sleep Quality and Musculoskeletal Injury in Male Army Rangers.

Introduction: Musculoskeletal injuries and insufficient sleep are common among U.S. Army Rangers.

Transitioning from daytime to nighttime operations in military training has a temporary negative impact on dynamic balance and jump performance in U.S. Army Rangers.

Objectives: Explore the impact transitioning from daytime to nighttime operations has on performance in U.S. Army Rangers.

Sleep and occupational well-being in active duty special operations soldiers: A replication and expansion.

Objective: To assess the relationship between sleep quality and occupational well-being in active duty military Service Members.

Design: Longitudinal prospective analysis.

Setting: An annual military training event.

Sleep and high-risk behavior in military service members: a mega-analysis of four diverse U.S. Army units.

Experimental sleep restriction and deprivation lead to risky decision-making. Further, in naturalistic settings, short sleep duration and poor sleep quality have been linked to real-world high-risk behaviors (HRB), such as reckless driving or substance use. Military populations, in general, tend to sleep less and have poorer sleep quality than nonmilitary populations due to a number of occupational, cultural, and psychosocial factors (e.

Poor Subjective Sleep Quality Is Associated with Poor Occupational Outcomes in Elite Soldiers.

We aimed to assess the relationship between subjective sleep quality and occupationally-relevant outcomes in military personnel. Participants were from an elite unit of US Army soldiers who worked extended (~30 h) shifts (with minimal recovery time between shifts) during 3-week work sessions. Questionnaires assessing subjective sleep quality during the month prior (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index [PSQI]) were administered at the beginning of the session.

Sleep loss is related to unstable stationary balance in U.S. Army soldiers in an operationally-relevant context.

Background: Sleep loss negatively impacts stationary balance in a laboratory setting, but few studies have examined this link in a naturalistic environment. We tested this relationship in U.S.