Using a stress process lens, this paper considers the interrelationship between individual and family-level stress exposures and military spouse resources, including problem-solving appraisals and problem-solving support (PSS), and their associations with posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) among both partners in military marital dyads. The study employs data from the Millennium Cohort Family Study, a longitudinal survey of married military dyads, with an initial panel of 9,872 spouses enroled from 2011 to 2013. A structural equation model explored the associations between service member and spouse childhood maltreatment exposure, nonmilitary and military stressors, as well as interactions with spouse resources on self-reported PTSS among both service member (SM) and spouse (SP). Among our findings, spouse childhood maltreatment muted later self-reported problem-solving appraisal and support. Spouse resources, in turn, had both protective (problem-solving appraisal) and promotive (problem-solving support) effects on PTSS for both service members and spouses. These findings emphasise the central role of spouses in military families, as more psychological resources among spouses appeared to buffer against the deleterious effects of stress exposure on both their own and their partners mental health.

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问题解决评估和支持在军人配偶和服役伙伴的压力暴露与创伤后应激症状之间的关系中的作用

本文使用压力过程视角，考虑了个人和家庭层面的压力暴露与军人配偶资源之间的相互关系，包括解决问题的评估和问题解决的支持（PSS），以及它们与军人配偶的创伤后应激症状（PTSS）的关联。军事婚姻二人组中的伴侣。该研究采用了千年队列家庭研究的数据，该研究是一项针对已婚军人二人组的纵向调查，最初的调查对象包括 2011 年至 2013 年期间的 9,872 名配偶。结构方程模型探讨了军人和配偶童年虐待经历、非军事和虐待经历之间的关系。军人 (SM) 和配偶 (SP) 之间自我报告的 PTSS 的军事压力源以及与配偶资源的互动。在我们的研究结果中，配偶童年时期的虐待削弱了后来自我报告的解决问题的评价和支持。反过来，配偶资源对军人和配偶的 PTSS 都有保护性（解决问题的评估）和促进性（解决问题的支持）作用。这些发现强调了配偶在军人家庭中的核心作用，因为配偶之间更多的心理资源似乎可以缓冲压力暴露对自己及其伴侣心理健康的有害影响。