Publications by authors named "James A Naifeh"
A prediction model for differential resilience to the effects of combat-related stressors in US army soldiers.
Int J Methods Psychiatr Res
December 2024
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to create a composite score to measure how well US Army combat arms soldiers can handle combat-related stressors (CRS) before deployment and how this relates to persistent PTSD symptoms afterwards.!* -
- Researchers collected pre-deployment survey data from 2,542 soldiers and assessed PTSD levels two to nine months after returning from deployment, finding that 5.4% developed persistent PTSD, mostly among those with high levels of CRS.!* -
- The findings indicate that a reliable pre-deployment resilience score can predict how soldiers might be affected by high CRS, suggesting that such a score could help target preventative measures against PTSD.!*
Background: An improved understanding of pathways to alcohol use disorder (AUD) among service members may inform efforts to reduce the substantial impact of AUD on this population. This study examined whether the relationship between a service-related risk factor (combat exposure) and later AUD varied based on individual differences in genetic liability to AUD.
Methods: The sample consisted of 1203 US Army soldiers of genetically determined European ancestry who provided survey and genomic data in the Army STARRS Pre/Post Deployment Study (PPDS; 2012-2014) and follow-up survey data in wave 1 of the STARRS Longitudinal Study (2016-2018).
Research on posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) typically focuses on diagnosis or symptom severity, however, this overlooks the variety of symptom patterns that exist. Latent profile analysis was used to explore PTSS profiles in a sample of Norwegian Afghanistan veterans ( = 4052, 91.7% males).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImportance: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a prevalent mental health problem that increases risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). It is not known whether gender or comorbidities modify associations between PTSD and CVD.
Objective: To assess risk of hypertension and atherosclerotic CVD (ASCVD) associated with PTSD in a predominantly young military population, and determine if gender or PTSD comorbidities modify these associations.
Objective: This report presents an overview of the objectives, design, and analytic strategy of the , an investigation of factors associated with child maltreatment in active duty military families.
Method: The study uses a case-control retrospective research design and discrete-time survival methodology to examine service member demographic characteristics, family characteristics, military-related characteristics, and military family life events associated with child maltreatment incidents that meet the Department of Defense definition of child abuse or neglect. The sample includes all active duty families with a first occurrence of child maltreatment anytime between Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 and FY 2018 ( = 28,684), and a representative sample of control families with children under age of 18 during the same period ( = 589,417).
Background: Many servicemembers experience difficulties transitioning from military to civilian life. We examined whether changes in mental health observed during active duty were associated with indices of post-military adjustment.
Methods: Survey data from the multi-wave Army STARRS Pre/Post Deployment Study (PPDS; conducted 2012-2014) were linked to follow-up data from wave 1 of the STARRS Longitudinal Study (STARRS-LS1; conducted 2016-2018).
Background: Problematic anger is frequently reported by soldiers who have deployed to combat zones. However, evidence is lacking with respect to how anger changes over a deployment cycle, and which factors prospectively influence change in anger among combat-deployed soldiers.
Methods: Reports of problematic anger were obtained from 7298 US Army soldiers who deployed to Afghanistan in 2012.