Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (STARRS) (ICPSR 35197)
Version Date: Dec 3, 2018 View help for published
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Robert J. Ursano, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences;
Murray B. Stein, University of California-San Diego;
Ronald C. Kessler, Harvard University;
Steven G. Heeringa, University of Michigan
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR35197.v2
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- V12 [2024-12-05]
- V11 [2024-12-03] unpublished
- V10 [2024-09-12] unpublished
- V9 [2024-07-23] unpublished
- V8 [2023-10-19] unpublished
- V7 [2020-08-27] unpublished
- V6 [2020-07-20] unpublished
- V5 [2020-02-20] unpublished
- V4 [2019-12-02] unpublished
- V3 [2019-10-10] unpublished
- V2 [2018-12-03] unpublished
- V1 [2017-03-23] unpublished
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Additional information about this collection can be found in Version History.
2018-12-03 Neurocognitive test scores have been added to Dataset 2, and responses for some IDs have been masked in both datasets at the request of the data producers. The User Guide was updated as well. The data and documentation have been updated accordingly.
2018-05-24 Updated Funding, as well as Acknowledgements section in the Data Collection Notes and downloadable PDF documents.
2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
- Ursano, Robert J., Murray B. Stein, Ronald C. Kessler, and Steven G. Heeringa. Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (STARRS). ICPSR35197-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-12-03. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR35197.v2
2017-03-23 2015-07-02 updated documentation covers
2015-07-01 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
- Created variable labels and/or value labels.
- Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
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The Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (STARRS) is an extensive study of mental health risk and resilience among military personnel. Army STARRS has five study components: (1) Historical Administrative Data Study, (2) New Soldier Study (NSS), (3) All Army Study (AAS), (4) Soldier Health Outcomes Study, and (5) Special Studies. At this time, only the AAS and NSS are available from ICPSR under a restricted-use data agreement via the Virtual Data Enclave (VDE).
The AAS component of Army STARRS assesses soldiers' psychological and physical health, events encountered during training, combat, and non-combat operations, and life and work experiences across all phases of Army service. The AAS data includes data on soldiers' psychological resilience, mental health, and risk for self-harm.
The NSS data are drawn from new soldiers who have just entered the Army. The data contain information on soldier health, personal characteristics, and prior experiences. Neurocognitive test scores were added to the NSS data on December 3, 2018.
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The Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (STARRS) is restricted from general dissemination; a Confidential Data Use Agreement must be established prior to access. Researchers interested in gaining access to the data can submit their applications via ICPSR's online Restricted Contracting System, linked above.
Applicants will be required to:
- Submit IRB approval/exemption documentation
- Scan and email the completed Agreement for the Use of Confidential Data, signed by an Institutional Representative
- Pay the access fee
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Note to authors who publish analyses of Army STARRS data:
When you publish secondary analyses of these data, you must formally cite the data in your publication's References section using the following citation:
Ursano, Robert J., Murray B. Stein, Ronald C. Kessler, and Steven G. Heeringa. Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (STARRS). ICPSR35197-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-12-03. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR35197.v2
You also must include the following paragraph in the Acknowledgements section of your publications:
This publication is based on public use data from the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS). The data are available from the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) at the University of Michigan (http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR35197-v2). The contents of this publication are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Army STARRS investigators, funders, Department of the Army, or Department of Defense.
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For additional information on the Army STARRS project, please visit the Army STARRS Web site.
Study Purpose View help for Study Purpose
The Army STARRS project was conducted to identify factors that help protect a soldier's mental health and factors that put a soldier's mental health at risk.
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Active duty, and activated National Guard and Reserve members of the United States Army.
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2015-07-01
Version History View help for Version History
2018-12-03 Neurocognitive test scores have been added to Dataset 2, and responses for some IDs have been masked in both datasets at the request of the data producers. The User Guide was updated as well. The data and documentation have been updated accordingly.
2018-05-24 Updated Funding, as well as Acknowledgements section in the Data Collection Notes and downloadable PDF documents.
2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
- Ursano, Robert J., Murray B. Stein, Ronald C. Kessler, and Steven G. Heeringa. Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (STARRS). ICPSR35197-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-12-03. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR35197.v2
2017-03-23 2015-07-02 updated documentation covers
2015-07-01 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
- Created variable labels and/or value labels.
- Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
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The data are not weighted. However, the datasets contain weight variables WGT_AAS (Dataset 1) and WGT_NSS (Dataset 2) which should be applied in analysis of the AAS and NSS survey data. For information on survey weights, please see the Analysts' Guide for Weighted Estimation and Design-based Inference section of the ICPSR User Guide.
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