By the Numbers - Aug. 1, 2016
62.1%
The percentage of a group of 2,157 U.S. veterans participating in the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study who "reported experiencing difficulties controlling anger," according to an article published online before print in the journalPsychiatry Research -- The Burden of Hostility in U.S. Veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. Additionally, the researchers reported that "a sizable minority of veterans (23.9%) reported experiencing aggressive urges over a two-year period."
Protective psychosocial characteristics (e.g., optimism) and aspects of social connectedness (e.g., secure attachment style) were negatively associated with hostility. Psychological distress predicted all symptomatic hostility courses, while alcohol misuse predicted chronic aggressive urges and all symptomatic courses of difficulties controlling anger. These findings provide the first known population-based evaluation of the prevalence, course, and risk and protective correlates of hostility in U.S. veterans, and suggest targets for prevention and treatment efforts that can help mitigate risk for hostility in this population.
62.1%
The percentage of a group of 2,157 U.S. veterans participating in the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study who "reported experiencing difficulties controlling anger," according to an article published online before print in the journalPsychiatry Research -- The Burden of Hostility in U.S. Veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. Additionally, the researchers reported that "a sizable minority of veterans (23.9%) reported experiencing aggressive urges over a two-year period."
Protective psychosocial characteristics (e.g., optimism) and aspects of social connectedness (e.g., secure attachment style) were negatively associated with hostility. Psychological distress predicted all symptomatic hostility courses, while alcohol misuse predicted chronic aggressive urges and all symptomatic courses of difficulties controlling anger. These findings provide the first known population-based evaluation of the prevalence, course, and risk and protective correlates of hostility in U.S. veterans, and suggest targets for prevention and treatment efforts that can help mitigate risk for hostility in this population.