Table 1
Demographics of Sample.
| CHARACTERISTIC | PRE-COVID (N = 119) | DURING COVID (N = 100) |
|---|---|---|
| Age (Years) | ||
| Mean | 38.61 | 39.63 |
| Median | 37.00 | 37.00 |
| SD | 10.34 | 10.55 |
| Range | 51 | 54 |
| Time in service (Years) | ||
| Mean | 7.71 | 7.76 |
| Median | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| SD | 6.25 | 5.42 |
| Range | 36.42 | 29.83 |
| Branch of Service n (%) | ||
| Air Force | 14(11.8%) | 18(18.0%) |
| Army | 56(47.1%) | 51(51.0%) |
| Coast Guard | 1(0.8%) | -- |
| Marines | 28(23.5%) | 18(18.0%) |
| Navy | 19(16.0%) | 13(13.0%) |
| Multiple branches | 1(0.8%) | -- |
| Gender n (%) | ||
| Women | 32(26.9%) | 25(25.0%) |
| Men | 87(73.1%) | 75(75.0%) |
| Ethnicity n (%) | ||
| African American/Black | 16(13.4%) | 13(13.0%) |
| Asian American | 1 (0.8%) | 3(3.0%) |
| Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 1 (0.8%) | -- |
| Latino(a)/Hispanic | 13(10.9%) | 14(14.0%) |
| Multiple Ethnicities | 5(4.4%) | 3(3.0%) |
| Native American | 1(0.8%) | -- |
| Other | -- | 1(1.0%) |
| White | 82(68.9%) | 66(66.0%) |
Table 2
Pre-COVID-19 and During COVID-19 Mental Health Assessment Correlations.
| PRE-COVID (n = 119) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RANK | AGE | LENGTH | GENDER | ECR-AVOID | ECR-ANX | RSES-22 | PHQ-9 | GAD-7 | PCL-5 | SBQ-R | |
| Rank | 1 | .39*** | .47*** | –.07 | –.09 | –.12 | .18 | –.12 | –.13 | –.14 | –.11 |
| Age | 1 | .36*** | .02 | .04 | .08 | .20* | –.03 | –.07 | .04 | –.05 | |
| Length | 1 | –.11 | –.17 | –.16 | .27** | –.16 | –.05 | –.23* | –.10 | ||
| Gender | 1 | .22* | .10 | –.02 | .24** | .16 | .13 | .05 | |||
| ECR-AVOID | 1 | .21* | –.11 | .16 | .12 | .22* | .11 | ||||
| ECR-ANX | 1 | –.21* | .26** | .19* | .27** | .16 | |||||
| RSES-22 | 1 | –.30*** | –.32*** | –.23* | –.24** | ||||||
| PHQ-9 | 1 | .83*** | .75*** | .34*** | |||||||
| GAD-7 | 1 | .68*** | .29** | ||||||||
| PCL-5 | 1 | .28** | |||||||||
| SBQ-R | 1 | ||||||||||
| COVID (n = 100) | |||||||||||
| Rank | 1 | .33** | .77*** | –.19 | –.21 | –.15 | .22* | –.30** | –.19 | –.27** | –.22* |
| Age | 1 | .35*** | –.11 | –.02 | –.22* | .20 | –.12 | –.16 | –.14 | –.11 | |
| Length | 1 | –.22* | –.19 | –.12 | .13 | –.35*** | –.21* | –.25* | –.15 | ||
| Gender | 1 | .09 | .09 | –.07 | .03 | .05 | .14 | .07 | |||
| ECR-AVOID | 1 | .31** | –.32*** | .45*** | .35*** | .40*** | .25* | ||||
| ECR-ANX | 1 | –.38*** | .30** | .38*** | .36*** | .26** | |||||
| RSES-22 | 1 | –.44*** | –.41*** | –.40*** | –.38*** | ||||||
| PHQ-9 | 1 | .83*** | .80*** | .47*** | |||||||
| GAD-7 | 1 | .81*** | .41*** | ||||||||
| PCL-5 | 1 | .47*** | |||||||||
| SBQ-R | 1 | ||||||||||
[i] Note: Length = Length of military service, Gender (male = 0, female = 1); ECR-AVOID = Experiences in Close Relationships avoidant secondary strategy; ECR-ANX = Experiences in Close Relationships anxiety secondary strategy; RSES-22 = Response to Stressful Experiences Scale; PHQ-9 = Patient Health Questionnaire-9; GAD-7 = Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7; PCL-5 = PTSD Checklist-5; SBQ-R = Suicide Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised. * <.05, ** <.01, *** <.001.