Tens of thousands of Air Force personnel report dealing with mental or physical harm

[rangerrebew]

Tens of thousands of Air Force personnel report dealing with mental or physical harm
By Ellen Mitchell - 11/10/21 01:16 PM EST
 

More than 35,000 Air Force personnel said they have experienced some form of physical or psychological violence in the past two years, according to the results of a new study.

Of 68,000 airmen, Space Force guardians and Air Force civilians that responded to the service’s Interpersonal Violence Task Force survey last fall, 54 percent —or roughly 36,720 —reported experiencing some form of “psychological or physical harm that detracts from a culture of dignity and respect.”

The Air Force, which released the study on Tuesday, hoped to better understand the range of interpersonal violence its personnel experience at home and in the workplace and what support it could provide.

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/580968-tens-of-thousands-of-air-force-personnel-report-dealing-with-mental-or

[Kamaji]

The devil, as always, will be in the details.  These results are meaningless until/unless one figures out exactly what is meant by some form of “psychological or physical harm that detracts from a culture of dignity and respect.”  Particularly the "psychological" aspect - my gut sense is, at bottom, the question was designed to elicit a "Yes" response from people who merely had a few personal insults thrown their way, something that should not in any rational world be treated as "psychological violence".