A Noncognitive Temperament Test to Predict Risk of Mental Disorders and Attrition in U.S. Army Recruits
| Autor: | Marlene E. Gubata, David N. Cowan, Xiaoshu Feng, Natalya S. Weber, David W. Niebuhr, Alexis A. Oetting |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Personality Inventory Psychometrics media_common.quotation_subject Poison control Personality Assessment Suicide prevention Cohort Studies Cognition Predictive Value of Tests Risk Factors medicine Humans Mass Screening Attrition Muscle Strength Military Medicine Personnel Selection Temperament Psychiatry Mass screening Retrospective Studies media_common business.industry Mental Disorders Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine medicine.disease Mental health United States Logistic Models Mental Health Military Personnel Physical Fitness Physical Endurance Female business Cohort study |
| Zdroj: | Military Medicine. 177:374-379 |
| ISSN: | 1930-613X 0026-4075 |
| DOI: | 10.7205/milmed-d-11-00297 |
| Popis: | U.S. military accession mental health screening includes cognitive testing and questions regarding the applicants' past mental health history. This process relies on applicants' knowledge of and willingness to disclose symptoms and conditions. Applicants have a strong incentive to appear qualified, which has resulted in a long history of frequent mental health conditions presenting during recruit training.To assess the predictive value of a pre-enlistment noncognitive temperament test score for risk of mental disorders and attrition in the first year of service.A retrospective cohort study was conducted on non-high school diploma U.S. Army active duty recruits who took the Assessment of Individual Motivation (AIM). Multivariate logistic regression models were used to determine associations between AIM score quintiles, mental disorders, and attrition.AIM scorers in the lowest quintile were at increased risk for a mental disorder (OR, 1.44; 95% CI, 1.35-1.53) and of discharge (OR, 1.65; 95% CI, 1.44-1.68) compared to AIM scorers in the highest quintile, with significant linear trends for decreased risk with increasing AIM score.AIM offers the potential to improve screening of military applicants and reduce mental disorders and attrition in new recruits beyond the current process. |
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