Design of the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS)

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 267-275

  Kessler, Ronald C ^a   Colpe, Lisa J ^b   Fullerton, Carol S ^c   Gebler, Nancy ^d   Naifeh, James A ^c   Nock, Matthew K ^e   Sampson, Nancy A ^a   Schoenbaum, Michael ^b   Zaslavsky, Alan M ^a   Stein, Murray B ^f,g   Ursano, Robert J ^c   Heeringa, Steven G ^d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c School of Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Design effects; Epidemiologic research design; Mental disorders; Sample bias; Sample weights; Suicide; Survey design efficiency; Survey sampling; US Army

Indexed keywords

ARMY; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DESIGN EFFECTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE WEIGHTS; SAMPLING BIAS; SELF REPORT; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; SURVEY DESIGN EFFICIENCY; SURVEY SAMPLING; UNITED STATES;

DESIGN EFFECTS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; MENTAL DISORDERS; SAMPLE BIAS; SAMPLE WEIGHTS; SUICIDE; SURVEY DESIGN EFFICIENCY; SURVEY SAMPLING; US ARMY;

HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885644599     PISSN: 10498931     EISSN: 15570657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpr.1401     Document Type: Article

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