Development of character strengths across the deployment cycle among U.S. Army soldiers.
U.S. Army soldiers
character development
character strengths
growth mixture modeling
resilience
Journal
Journal of personality
ISSN: 1467-6494
Titre abrégé: J Pers
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 2985194R
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Feb 2021
Feb 2021
Historique:
received:
30
06
2019
revised:
04
05
2020
accepted:
13
05
2020
pubmed:
27
5
2020
medline:
29
10
2021
entrez:
27
5
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Despite a narrative of post-traumatic growth and resilience, research reliably demonstrating positive character development following adversity has proved elusive. In the current study, we examined changes in character strengths in Army soldiers deploying for the first time. The sample was comprised of 212,386 Army soldiers (M We found evidence for two classes of change-a resilient class ("stable high") and a declining class ("persistent low"). Most soldiers were resilient-they had high levels of character strengths prior to deployment and changed very little across the deployment cycle. Approximately 40% of soldiers started with lower character and experienced initial declines post-deployment, from which they experienced no more than small gains over time. Character strengths were highly stable across the deployment transition but some soldiers experienced initial declines from which they never fully rebounded. The findings are discussed in the context of the mechanisms that drive character development.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
23-34Informations de copyright
© 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC.
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