title: Validation of the deployment risk and resilience inventory in French-Canadian veterans: findings on the relation between deployment experiences and postdeployment health.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study had a twofold purpose: to validate the French-Canadian version of a measure of deployment risk and resilience factors and to examine the relation between deployment risk and resilience factors and postdeployment functioning.
  
  
  METHODS
  Canadian veterans at an outpatient clinic (n = 131) completed a mail-in survey that included a measure on deployment risk and resilience factors, the Deployment Risk and Resilience Inventory (DRRI) (1), as well as measures on psychological and physical health.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Internal consistency and test-retest reliability coefficients for the DRRI scales were very good. As expected, DRRI risk factors were negatively associated with psychological and physical functioning, and DRRI resilience factors were positively associated with psychological and physical functioning. Low- as well as high-magnitude deployment risk factors were associated with functioning.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The French-Canadian version of the DRRI is a reliable and valid measure of deployment risk and resilience factors. Deployment risk and resilience factors are associated with a host of problems in physical and psychological functioning for veterans.
authors.affiliation: Douglas Hospital Research Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec. deniz.fikretoglu@mail.mcgill.ca
authors.forename: Deniz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fikretoglu
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brunet
authors.forename: Joaquin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Poundja
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guay
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pedlar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D003710:Demography; D005602:France / Q000208:ethnology; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015995:Prevalence; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012928:Social Desirability; D012944:Social Support; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014728:Veterans / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*