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The Stress Continuum is a stress classification system (\u201cready,\u201d \u201creacting,\u201d \u201cinjured,\u201d and \u201cill\u201d) that provides a common language for identifying, engaging, and intervening when stress reactions or stress injuries are present in military personnel. It is the foundation for resilience and prevention efforts across the Navy and Marine Corps. Although the Stress Continuum has strong face validity, is consistent with current theory, and has been agreed up by expert consensus, it has yet to be empirically validated. The goal of the current article is to begin to empirically validate the Stress Continuum using validated measures of psychological stress.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Materials and Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We conducted a retrospective analysis of Stress Continuum data (n\u2009=\u20092,049) collected as part of a program evaluation of two Navy operational stress control programs. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves and analyses were conducted to determine the classification quality of the Stress Continuum using a validated measure of stress (a brief version of the Perceived Stress Scale [PSS-4]).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>For the first ROC curve, we used the \u201cill\u201d category (vs. the other three categories) to identify the cut point on the PSS-4. PSS-4 cut point values of 9 and 10, respectively, maximized sensitivity and 1-specificity values. Using the chi-square test, we further found that a more accurate prediction for those in the \u201cill\u201d category was using the cut point of 9 (79%) relative to 10 (71.8%). For the second and the third ROC curves, we used the \u201cill\u201d and \u201cinjured\u201d categories (vs. the other two categories) and \u201cill,\u201d \u201cinjured,\u201d and \u201creacting\u201d categories (vs. the \u201cready\u201d category), respectively. No optimal cut points on the PSS-4 were identified for these models, indicating that the PSS-4 could not reliably differentiate true-positive and false-positive rates.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We found that the \u201cill\u201d category of the Stress Continuum was predictive of higher levels of stress on the validated measure of perceived stress. Thus, our findings strongly suggest that the individuals in the \u201cill\u201d zone likely warrant some type of intervention by a trained professional.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Future Research<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The Navy has recently leveraged the Stress Continuum to create the Stress-o-Meter to support the fundamental principles of early recognition, peer intervention, and connection to services at the unit level. The Stress-o-Meter serves as a prevention tool that has the capability to collect information about stress levels throughout the entire unit at any time. Continued work on validating the Stress Continuum model and making it easily accessible to military units will ensure service members get the support they need and leaders are able to address the psychological health of their units.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/milmed\/usad266","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,7,19]],"date-time":"2023-07-19T06:40:41Z","timestamp":1689748841000},"page":"e502-e508","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["A Call to Validate the Stress Continuum Model"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"189","author":[{"given":"Vasudha","family":"Ram","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Naval Center for Combat & Operational Stress Control (NCCOSC) , San Diego, CA 92134, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Eileen","family":"Delaney","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Naval Center for Combat & Operational Stress Control (NCCOSC) , San Diego, CA 92134, 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