TY - JOUR
T1 - Anger Among UK Ex-Service Military Personnel During the COVID-19 Pandemic
AU - Williamson, Charlotte
AU - Jones, Margaret
AU - Palmer, Laura
AU - Dighton, Glen
AU - Burdett, Howard
AU - Sharp, Marie-Louise
AU - Fear, Nicola
N1 - Funding Information:
N.T.F. is part funded by a grant from the UK Ministry of Defense and is a trustee (unpaid) of Help for Heroes—a charity supporting the health and wellbeing of service personnel, veterans, and their families. H.B. is part-funded, and M.J. and M.L.S. are fully funded, by a grant from the Office for Veteran's Affairs, UK Government. C.W. is currently in receipt of a PhD studentship via the King's Centre for Military Health Research Health and Wellbeing Study funded by the Office for Veterans' Affairs, UK Government.
Funding Information:
This work was funded by the Office for Veterans' Affairs, Cabinet Office, UK Government (contract ref: CCZZ20A51).
Publisher Copyright:
© Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2023/7/5
Y1 - 2023/7/5
N2 - Military service and ex-service personnel commonly experience difficulties with anger. The COVID-19 pandemic had several negative consequences upon social, economic, and health factors that influence anger. This study aimed to explore 1) levels of anger in an ex-serving military cohort during the COVID-19 pandemic; 2) self-reported changes in anger compared with prepandemic levels; and 3) identify sociodemographic characteristics, military characteristics, COVID-19 experiences, and COVID-19 stressors associated with anger. UK ex-service personnel (n = 1499) completed the Dimensions of Anger Reactions 5-item measure within an existing cohort study. Overall, 14.4% reported significant difficulties with anger, and 24.8% reported their anger worsened during the pandemic. Anger was associated with factors such as financial difficulties, extra/new caring responsibilities, and COVID-19 bereavement. Endorsing more COVID-19 stressors was associated with higher odds of anger difficulties. This study highlights the impact of the pandemic on ex-service personnel, including a strain on family/social relationships and financial hardship, which affected anger.
AB - Military service and ex-service personnel commonly experience difficulties with anger. The COVID-19 pandemic had several negative consequences upon social, economic, and health factors that influence anger. This study aimed to explore 1) levels of anger in an ex-serving military cohort during the COVID-19 pandemic; 2) self-reported changes in anger compared with prepandemic levels; and 3) identify sociodemographic characteristics, military characteristics, COVID-19 experiences, and COVID-19 stressors associated with anger. UK ex-service personnel (n = 1499) completed the Dimensions of Anger Reactions 5-item measure within an existing cohort study. Overall, 14.4% reported significant difficulties with anger, and 24.8% reported their anger worsened during the pandemic. Anger was associated with factors such as financial difficulties, extra/new caring responsibilities, and COVID-19 bereavement. Endorsing more COVID-19 stressors was associated with higher odds of anger difficulties. This study highlights the impact of the pandemic on ex-service personnel, including a strain on family/social relationships and financial hardship, which affected anger.
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U2 - 10.1097/NMD.0000000000001681
DO - 10.1097/NMD.0000000000001681
M3 - Article
VL - 211
SP - 940
EP - 947
JO - Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease
JF - Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease
IS - 12
ER -
