Military Health and Well-Being Project, United States, 2020

The Military Health and Well-Being Project (MHWBP) is an online survey study conducted through Qualtrics Panels. United States military veterans were recruited from various online survey sites from May 2020 through June 2020. The purpose of the study was to collect information regarding psychosocial antecedents of health and wellness, including military identity, self-stigma, daily stress, combat exposure, purpose and value, substance use, traumatic brain injury, moral injury, suicide risk, social integration and contribution, and six of eight Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) dimensions of wellness (social, emotional, spiritual, intellectual, physical, and environmental components for this study).
Participant demographics were also collected, including age, race, gender, marital status, region of residence, duration of military service, employment status, current occupation, income, and housing status. Respondents must have been 18 years of age, veterans of the United States military post-Vietnam era, and residing in the United States. Data collection was funded by the North Carolina State University 2019 Non-Laboratory Research Scholarship Program.