Table 4.
Moderator analyses of social support and military service characteristics
| Moderator | Neffects | r | 95% CI | Q (df) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social support type† | 4.07(2) | |||
| Perceived | 31 | −0.36 | −0.43, −0.29 | |
| Enacted | 3 | −0.23 | −0.39, −0.07 | |
| Structural | 9 | −0.26 | −0.33, −0.19 | |
| Social support source† | 8.27(1)*** | |||
| Military | 16 | −0.24 | −0.30, −0.18 | |
| Non-military | 32 | −0.38 | −0.45, −0.31 | |
| Social Support Timing | 4.76(1)*** | |||
| During deployment | 11 | −.26 | −.31, −.19 | |
| Outside deployment | 33 | −.36 | −.43, −.29 | |
| NG/R Service | 0.23(2) | |||
| Not NG/R | 7 | −0.24 | −0.26, −0.21 | |
| NG/R | 8 | −0.31 | −0.34, −0.27 | |
| Mixed Sample | 13 | −0.27 | −0.30, −0.25 | |
| Discharged | 0.92(2) | |||
| Not discharged | 14 | −0.32 | −0.39, −0.25 | |
| Discharged | 10 | −0.38 | −0.50, −0.25 | |
| Mixed Sample | 5 | −0.37 | −0.48, −0.25 | |
| Deployment-era | 14.14(2)*** | |||
| Vietnam | 3 | −0.54 | −0.64, −0.43 | |
| Persian Gulf | 3 | −0.28 | −0.40, −0.15 | |
| OEF/OIF/OND | 28 | −0.30 | −0.36, −0.24 |
Note: NG/R = National Guard/Reserve. OEF/OIF/OND = Operational Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn.
†For moderators in which different categories were represented within a single study, we used a shifting unit-of-analysis approach (Cooper, 2010).
*p <.05, **p <.01, ***p <.001