Life Satisfaction among Israeli Soldiers with Penetrating Head Wounds

In: Armed forces & society: official journal of the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society : an interdisciplinary journal, Band 18, Heft 4, S. 534-547

Abstract

An examination of the life satisfaction (LS) of 46 Israeli soldiers who received penetrating head wounds during the war in Lebanon 1982-1985. Follow-up semiclinical interviews conducted 1988-1990 found that mean reported LS was higher in the past than immediately after injury, following rehabilitation, or subsequently; lowest LS levels were reported around the time of injury. Postrehabilitation LS was higher than that recorded immediately after the injury, & there was a consistent tendency for reporting aspirations for higher LS in the future. LS was highly correlated with education & being married, but not with age or severity of injury. The residual disability was directly related to LS, with the more seriously affected having lower scores. Those who returned to service had higher LS scores than did those who could or would not return to active military service. Also, LS scores were lower for those with existential or aesthetic anxiety. LS is suggested to be an important measure of the success of rehabilitation. 4 Tables, 2 Figures. Adapted from the source document.