Study for the Employment Retention of Veterans

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The Study for Employment Retention of Veterans (SERVe) is a randomized controlled trial, available exclusively to Oregon employers of veterans. It is designed to develop and scientifically evaluate Veteran-supportive supervisor training (VSST) that may enhance retention of veterans, with the goal of improving workplace culture and general well-being to our service members. The intervention, applied to workplace supervisors, will be measured by experience of veterans, assessing workplace experiences, health, well-being, as well as employees' spouse/partners' family experiences, health and well-being, and workplace outcomes.

Detailed Description
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The overall goal of the Study for Employment Retention of Veterans (SERVe) study is to improve health and well-being of current and former service members employed in participating Oregon organizations. The SERVe Study seeks to do this by training supervisors to support veteran employees by focusing on a reduction in work-life stress while increasing supportive supervisor behavior. The SERVe Study proposes that supervisor supportiveness can influence workplace experience, health, and well-being of service members, as well as of their families. The investigators of the SERVe Study expect positive results for study participants, including reduced stress and increased social support, reduction in negative workplace experiences, and improvement in family well-being outcomes. Longer term, these effects are expected to create a more supportive work environment, which has positive effects on safety, health, well-being, family, and organizational outcomes. Veteran participants are measured at baseline, three months, and nine months. Veteran spouses are invited to participate as well. Married and cohabitating veterans and their partners are invited to participate in the Daily Family Study (DFS), a 32-day daily diary survey after baseline and at six months.

Official Title
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Study for the Employment Retention of Veterans

Conditions
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Well-Being, Health Behavior, Workplace Outcomes

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Veteran Supportive Supervisor Training
* Other: Waitlist Control


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Must have served in the United States Armed Forces since September, 2001 Must work at least 20 hours per week at a participating organization Exclusion Criteria: -

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 65 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Other
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Experimental: Supervisor Intervention<br>Supervisors in the intervention group will go through the Veteran Supervisor Supportiveness Training. | Behavioral: Veteran Supportive Supervisor Training<br>* The family supportive supervisor behavior (FSSB) training intervention developed by Hammer and colleagues (2011) will be used as the basis for the development of the VSST intervention in the present study. In addition, we will draw on critical elements of training provided by the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), information about potential mental and physical health effects of being in combat, and information to help reduce the stigma associated with returning veterans; in other words, de-clinicalizing their symptoms. Furthermore, this intervention study falls under the more general rubric of soldier resilience, but more specifically addresses both veteran and family resilience upon return from combat. The details of the training content will be researched and developed during the funded project period.<br>|
| Other: Waitlist Control Group<br>Supervisors will receive intervention following all measurement points, to serve as a waitlist control comparison group | Other: Waitlist Control<br>* Control group will receive training following all measurements points to serve as a comparison group<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Change in Veteran Supportive Supervisor Behavior as measured by Perry et al.'s (2017) scale | VSSB as measured by Perry et al.'s (2017) scale, as impacted by the Veteran Supportive Supervisor Training | 3 month and 9 months after Baseline assessment | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Change in Work-Family Conflict as assessed by Matthews et al.'s (2010) Work-Family Conflict Scale | as assessed by Matthews et al.'s (2010) Work-Family Conflict Scale | 3 and 9 months after baseline assessment | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Psychological health, Well-being, Employee