Research Article

Influence of Spirituality on Depression, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Suicidality in Active Duty Military Personnel

Table 2

Logistic regression model parameters, interactions not included.

Independent variablesDV
DepressionPTSDSuicidality
OR (95% CI)OR (95% CI)OR (95% CI)

Intercept0.19 (0.14–0.25)*0.02 (0.01–0.03)*0.02 (0.02–0.04)*
High spirituality0.99 (0.90–1.10)1.16 (0.99–1.37)1.11 (0.90–1.36)
Moderate spirituality1.12 (1.01–1.25)*1.08 (0.91–1.27)0.96 (0.78–1.17)
Low spiritualityrefrefref
Malerefrefref
Female1.64 (1.49–1.79)*1.63 (1.39–1.91)*1.24 (1.04–1.47)*
17–201.32 (1.10–1.58)*1.25 (0.94–1.66)0.98 (0.69–1.39)
21–250.96 (0.83–1.12)0.97 (0.82–1.14)0.86 (0.67–1.12)
26–340.85 (0.74–0.98)*0.93 (0.76–1.15)0.79 (0.63–0.99)*
35 or olderrefrefref
Non-Hispanic whiterefrefref
Non-Hispanic black1.08 (0.98–1.19)1.01 (0.82–1.24)1.45 (1.12–1.87)*
Hispanic1.10 (1.00–1.21)1.10 (0.90–1.34)1.46 (1.16–1.83)*
Non-Hispanic other1.26 (1.10–1.46)*1.45 (1.21–1.74)*1.97 (1.56–2.49)*
High school or lessrefrefref
Some college1.10 (1.00–1.20)*1.08 (0.93–1.26)0.96 (0.82–1.12)
College degree or more1.10 (0.94–1.28)0.95 (0.76–1.18)0.98 (0.80–1.21)
E1–E31.79 (1.34–2.39)*3.97 (2.12–7.45)*2.37 (1.27–4.43)*
E4–E61.57 (1.23–2.00)*2.96 (1.62–5.41)*2.15 (1.23–3.74)*
E7–E91.15 (0.85–1.54)1.89 (0.97–3.68)1.68 (0.99–2.84)
W1–W50.88 (0.73–1.07)0.76 (0.17–3.51)1.71 (0.90–3.24)
O1–O31.13 (0.89–1.42)1.88 (0.89–3.97)1.69 (0.96–2.98)
O4–O10refrefref
Not deployed0.99 (0.87–1.13)1.12 (0.91–1.38)1.08 (0.89–1.31)
No combat exposurerefrefref
Moderate combat exposure1.14 (1.04–1.26)*1.11 (0.88–1.39)0.84 (0.74–0.96)*
High combat exposure1.52 (1.35–1.72)*3.57 (3.00–4.26)*1.28 (1.06–1.56)*
Active coping0.68 (0.65–0.72)*0.67 (0.62–0.73)*0.65 (0.58–0.73)*
Avoidant coping3.21 (3.02–3.41)*3.10 (2.80–3.43)*1.90 (1.70–2.12)*