INSTRUCTIONS:  Please read each question completely and carefully before making your selections.  Provide a response for each question.  

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* 1. Name

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* 2. Date

Date

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* 3. Gender

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* 4. Number of Combat Tours

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* 5. Branch of Service

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* 6. Most Recent Combat Tour (Month/Year)

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* 7. Please check all the feelings or thoughts that apply to you today.

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* 8. From your list above, please list the three that affect you most.

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* 9. How well are you functioning?

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* 10. On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate your traumatic experience(s) during combat?

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* 11. How would you assess your spiritual fitness on a scale of 1-10 (poor to excellent)?  Spiritual fitness relates to the extent spirituality [one’s capability to find meaning and purpose in life in ways related to God or to sacred pursuits] affects your life.

  0 - Poor 1 2 3 4 5 - Moderate 6 7 8 9 10 - Excellent N/A
Prior To Combat
During Combat
After Combat

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* 12. What spiritual fitness or religious activities are you doing now?

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* 13. What spiritual coping mechanisms are you using today to help you with your traumatic symptoms (if any are present)?

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* 14. Do you have difficulty adjusting socially or have difficulty adjusting to work or other areas of your life because of your combat experience?

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* 15. Are you having thoughts or concerns you might hurt or lose control with someone or yourself because of your combat experience?

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* 16. For the next several questions, I am using the term “resilience.”  Resilience is the ability to recover quickly from a traumatic experience or a stressful situation.
On a scale of 1 – 10,  rate your resilience PRIOR to your deployment to the combat zone:

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* 17. On a scale of 1 – 10, rate your resilience DURING your deployment to the combat zone:

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* 18. On a scale of 1 – 10, rate your resilience AFTER your deployment to the combat zone:

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* 19. To what extent did the following factors support your resilience during combat?

  1 - Poor 2 3 4 5 - Average 6 7 8 9 10 - Excellent
Realistic military training
Support of comrades
Physical fitness
Example of leaders
Warrior Ethos
Home front support
Spirituality (Can include or exclude religious beliefs)
Teamwork
Mission focus
Military Values

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* 20. As you reflect on your faith in God, indicate your present level of faith in God as it is today.

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* 21. If your spiritual fitness improved after combat, what resiliency factors contributed to this improvement?

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* 22. What other factors contributed to this improvement?

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* 23. If your spiritual fitness declined after combat, what factors contributed to this decline?

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* 24. What other factors contributed to this decline?

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* 25. To what extent did your combat exposure and subsequent trauma contribute to a decline in your spirituality?

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* 26. To what extent did your combat exposure and subsequent trauma contribute to an improvement in your spirituality? 

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* 27. If you experienced combat trauma, to what extent did your spirituality lessen the effects [less symptoms] of your trauma?  

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* 28. If you experienced combat trauma, to what extent did your spirituality increase the effects [more symptoms] of your trauma? 

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* 29. If your spirituality increased the effects of your trauma, what factors contributed to this increase in symptoms?

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* 30. If the presence of spirituality in your life contributed significantly to your resilience during combat and after combat, what actions did you take or what attitudes did you adopt during and after combat?

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* 31. To what extent did your combat experience contribute to the following factors?

  1 - Little 2 3 4 5 - Average 6 7 8 9 10 - Much
Greater Appreciation for Life
Changed Sense of Priorities
Warmer, More Intimate Relationships with Others
A Greater Sense of Personal Strength
Recognition of New Possibilities or Paths of One’s Life
Spiritual Development

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* 32. To what extent did your combat experience contribute to the following factors?

  1 - Little 2 3 4 5 - Average 6 7 8 9 10 - Much
Stronger Faith
Greater Insight
Less Attachment to Material Things

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