title: [Mental disorders in German soldiers after deployment - impact of personal values and resilience].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Soldiers are at increased risk of developing mental health disorders after military deployment. The impact of personal values on psychological symptomatology based on an empirical working model has not yet been studied in a military environment.
  
  
  METHODS
  117 German Armed Forces soldiers completed the Portrait-Values-Questionnaire (PVQ), the Patient-Health-Questionnaire (PHQ) and the Resilience-Scale (RS-11) after their deployment to Afghanistan.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the regression analyses the values hedonism, benevolence, tradition, self-direction and universalism had a differential significant impact on depression, anxiety and somatoform symptoms of the PHQ. The RS-11 sum scale values were negatively correlated with symptomatology.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Personal values and resilience seem to be associated with psychological symptomatology in soldiers after military deployment. The results can contribute to the further development of both preventive and therapeutic approaches.
authors.affiliation: Psychotraumazentrum der Bundeswehr, Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Berlin.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zimmermann
authors.affiliation: Stab 1. Panzerdivision, Hannover.
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Firnkes
authors.affiliation: Psychotraumazentrum der Bundeswehr, Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Berlin.
authors.forename: Jens
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kowalski
authors.affiliation: Stab 1. Panzerdivision, Hannover.
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Backus
authors.affiliation: Psychotraumazentrum der Bundeswehr, Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Berlin.
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Alliger-Horn
authors.affiliation: Psychotraumazentrum der Bundeswehr, Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Berlin.
authors.forename: Gerd
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Willmund
authors.affiliation: Psychotraumazentrum der Bundeswehr, Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Berlin.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hellenthal
authors.affiliation: Psychotraumazentrum der Bundeswehr, Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Berlin.
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für Klinische Psychologie und Rehabilitation, Universität Bremen.
authors.forename: Franz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Petermann
authors.affiliation: Psychopathologie und Klinische Intervention, Psychologisches Institut der Universität Zürich/Schweiz.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maercker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D055826:Afghan Campaign 2001-; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010552:Personality Assessment; D010684:Philosophy; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D012307:Risk Factors; D012449:Safety; D012925:Social Conformity; D012945:Social Values; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013694:Temperament