title: Social conflict versus social support: what is more influential in mental health symptom severity for female service members?
abstract: Research has validated the importance of postdeployment social support in mitigating the effects of combat deployment on mental health for female service members. However, the influence of social conflict on mental health during this period has not been explored. The purposes of this descriptive correlational study were (a) to examine the strength and direction of the relationships between social support, social conflict, and stressful life events to depression, anxiety, and posstraumatic stress disorder and (b) to determine whether the absence of social support or the presence social conflict was more influential to the severity of these symptoms.
authors: Brooke Army Medical Center, Nursing Research Services, 18815 Millhollow, San Antonio, TX 78258, USA. ann_nayback@yahoo.com
authors: Ann M
authors: AM
authors: Nayback-Beebe
authors: Linda H
authors: LH
authors: Yoder
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008016:Life Change Events; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D008603:Mental Health; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012307:Risk Factors; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult