TY - JOUR
T1 - Mental health and educational outcomes among current and former National Guard and Reserve soldiers
AU - Vest, Bonnie M.
AU - Hoopsick, Rachel A.
AU - Homish, D. Lynn
AU - Homish, Gregory G.
N1 - Funding Information:
Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health under award number R01DA034072 (GGH) and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under award number UL1TR001412. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
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PY - 2020/2/17
Y1 - 2020/2/17
N2 - Objective: This study examined the relationships between mental health and educational outcomes among student service members and veterans (SSM/Vs). Participants: Current/former Reserve and National Guard (R/NG) soldiers who were enrolled in school, college, or university in the past year (n = 130). Data were collected in 2014–2016. Methods: Exact logistic regression models separately examined the impact of anxiety, depression, anger, and PTSD on quitting/flunking in the past year. Final models controlled for sex and deployment status. Results: In final models, anxiety [OR: 1.14; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.05, 1.23; p<.01], anger (OR: 1.12; 95% CI: 1.04, 1.21; p<.01), and PTSD (OR: 1.06; 95% CI: 1.02, 1.10; p<.01) were associated with a higher odds of quitting/flunking school, college or university. Depression was not associated with quitting/flunking. Conclusion: Anxiety, anger, and PTSD are associated with quitting/flunking among SSM/Vs. Interventions tailored to this population that address mental health needs may improve the likelihood of academic success.
AB - Objective: This study examined the relationships between mental health and educational outcomes among student service members and veterans (SSM/Vs). Participants: Current/former Reserve and National Guard (R/NG) soldiers who were enrolled in school, college, or university in the past year (n = 130). Data were collected in 2014–2016. Methods: Exact logistic regression models separately examined the impact of anxiety, depression, anger, and PTSD on quitting/flunking in the past year. Final models controlled for sex and deployment status. Results: In final models, anxiety [OR: 1.14; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.05, 1.23; p<.01], anger (OR: 1.12; 95% CI: 1.04, 1.21; p<.01), and PTSD (OR: 1.06; 95% CI: 1.02, 1.10; p<.01) were associated with a higher odds of quitting/flunking school, college or university. Depression was not associated with quitting/flunking. Conclusion: Anxiety, anger, and PTSD are associated with quitting/flunking among SSM/Vs. Interventions tailored to this population that address mental health needs may improve the likelihood of academic success.
KW - Academic success
KW - mental health
KW - veterans
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U2 - 10.1080/07448481.2018.1536056
DO - 10.1080/07448481.2018.1536056
M3 - Article
C2 - 30570455
AN - SCOPUS:85059019643
SN - 0744-8481
VL - 68
SP - 110
EP - 114
JO - Journal of American College Health
JF - Journal of American College Health
IS - 2
ER -