Post-Deployment Readjustment Inventory: Reliability, Validity, and Gender Differences | Zendy

Lori S. Katz | Zendy; Geta Cojucar | Zendy; Cory Davenport | Zendy; Christina Pedram | Zendy; Claire Lindl | Zendy

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Post-Deployment Readjustment Inventory: Reliability, Validity, and Gender Differences

Author(s) -

Lori S. Katz,

Geta Cojucar,

Cory Davenport,

Christina Pedram,

Claire Lindl

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

military psychology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.396

H-Index - 43

eISSN - 1532-7876

pISSN - 0899-5605

DOI - 10.1080/08995600903249222

Subject(s) - checklist , software deployment , psychology , military deployment , military personnel , clinical psychology , reliability (semiconductor) , psychiatry , scale (ratio) , stressor , internal consistency , posttraumatic stress , psychometrics , political science , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , computer science , law , cognitive psychology , operating system

This article describes the development and psychometric properties of the Post-Deployment Readjustment Inventory (PDRI). Items were derived from interviews with post-deployed troops from Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF) and clinicians. A diverse sample of 215 post-deployed men (183) and women (32) completed the PDRI, General Information Form, Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), and Posttraumatic Checklist—Military version (PCL-M). The PDRI Global scale and six subscales (Career Challenges, Social Difficulties, Intimate Relationship Problems, Health Problems, Concerns About Deployment, and PTSD Symptoms) show excellent internal consistency and strong correlations with standardized measures. In addition, the PDRI detected unique patterns of readjustment for those who were exposed to various war stressors: military sexual trauma (MST), witnessing others injured/killed, and being injured. Gender differences revealed that women reported more MST and men reported more witnessing of others injured/killed. No gender differences were found on reports of symptoms or readjustment.

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