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Showing 1 to 20 of 71 for “"Military Veterans"”.
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Leadership Characteristics of Military Veterans as School Administrators
… to recruit and support former members of the military as teachers in high-poverty schools. Most of the research on TTT participants has been positive, and leadership is often mentioned as an important factor in participants' successes. A number of these military veterans have moved from the …
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BETTER VETREPRENEURSHIP: IMPROVING ENTREPRENEURIAL OUTCOMES FOR U.S. MILITARY VETERANS
Military veteran entrepreneurs, also known as vetrepreneurs, form a unique entrepreneurial community based in part on their military-related skills and life experiences, the financial endowments derived from their service, and external influences like professional mentors and government-provided …
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The Effects of Mental Illness on Trust Between Military Veterans
… operated by Amazon, data were collected from 220 military Veterans. Participants were assessed using a research developed Demographics Questionnaire, the Combat Exposure Scale, The Unit Cohesion Scale, and the Trust in Teams Scale. Participants were randomized into three groups. Each of the three …
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Hope At The End Of Life Among U.s. Military Veterans
… the meaning of hope at the end of life among Veterans. As people enter the terminal phase of life hope becomes especially important. Recent research has been conducted examining hope among various cultural groups and their experiences of the phenomenon. These studies showed that although hope …
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MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR MILITARY VETERANS WITH POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
… Stress Disorder (PTSD) has affected millions of veterans who have served in the United States Military. PTSD causes severe impairments in one's mental health, and is correlated with homelessness, substance abuse, and unemployment. Recently, the United States Department Veterans Affairs has been …
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Alcohol Consumption and Other Related Factors in Military Veterans Attending College
Military veterans attending college may encounter difficulties resulting from the clash of military and collegiate cultures. A lack of social support during the military-to- college transition may promote the development of unhealthy coping mechanisms to deal with the anxiety of college adjustment. …
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Identity, Agency, and Emotion: Political Activism Among Anti-War Military Veterans
This case study of members of Iraq Veterans Against the War explores how identity, institutional context and affiliation, emotions, and the notion of healing come together in the experience of activism. Using an interpretive approach, I employ in-depth interviews and observation derived primarily …
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The effect of psychiatric service dogs for PTSD symptom amelioration in military veterans
… treatment approaches) intervention for military related PTSD. Specifically, the utilization of a nonprofit organization’s intensive three-week training program and use of psychiatric service dogs (PSDs) for PTSD and associated symptom amelioration. The sample included two separate …
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Psychosocial Needs of Caregivers of Military Veterans Who Identify As Transgender: a Qualitative Study
… Problem: There are over an estimated 18 million veterans in the United States who have served in the Armed Forces (U.S. Census Bureau, 2020). The National Center for Transgender Equality (2022) suggests that there are an estimated 134,000 veterans who identify as transgender, with approximately …
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Integration of Racially and Ethnically Diverse Modern Day Military Veterans in American Higher Education
… of racially and ethnically diverse modern day military veterans at a predominantly white research university. Modern day racially and ethnically diverse veterans who have been retained at the institution past their freshman year were invited to participate in the study. Tinto's (1975) Student …
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The Relationship Between Gastrointestinal Disease and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in United States Military Veterans
… stress disorder (PTSD) in United States Military Veterans. Based upon literature and clinical practice data sources from the US Veterans Administration, GI disease and PTSD were hypothesized to be positively correlated in Veterans. The specific aims of the study were to determine the …
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A quantitative investigation of complex post-traumatic stress disorder among military veterans in Northern Ireland
… stress is of great importance within the military veteran population given the unique risk to this group of exposure to stressful events. Understanding is historically drawn from the examination of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among this group, however recent developments have …
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Military veterans in higher education: application of adult development theories to selected Rowan University undergraduate veterans
… investigate the experiences of all undergraduate veterans in college after serving in a military setting, by using Schlossberg's transition theory and mattering study, and Mezirow's theory of transformative learning. Of particular interest was how veterans described their experiences, as well as …
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Self-efficacy and transition success : an explanatory sequential mixed methods study of post-9/11 military veterans.
Transitioning out of the military is a stressful process often detrimental to veterans' health (Mobbs & Bonanno, 2018; Ravindran et al., 2020). Approximately 150,000 service members transition out of active duty each year (Kamarck, 2018; U.S. Department of Defense, 2021b), and nearly half of …
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The Impact of Traumatic Brain Injury on Neuropsychological Functioning and Tau Accumulation Later in Life in Military Veterans
<p>Abstract The following study examines aging veterans that experience a TBI while in service and</p> <p>compares to older veteran without a history of TBI. The objective is to look at cognitive profile later in life for military veterans with moderate to severe TBI different and compared to older …
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Alone at home: post-9/11 military veterans and American housing and homelessness policy by Kerry Anna Spitzer.
The social safety net available to veterans is far more robust than for civilians in the United States, however, veterans are still more likely to experience homelessness than their peers. As the number of veterans from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq continues to increase, it is essential that …
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A Phenomenological Approach to User-Centered Design: Conceptualizing the Technology Design Space to Assist Military Veterans with Community Reintegration
… criteria describing obstacles users encounter. Military veterans were selected for this research effort as representative users for a use case in technology design that addresses the difficulties associated with community reintegration. This work provides several contributions to the UCD field. …
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An Investigation of Gender Bias in the Personality Assessment Inventory in a Sample of Military Veterans of the United States
… (PAI) as applied within the United States Veterans Health Administration (VHA). A quantitative descriptive design was employed using preexisting clinical data obtained from the Corporate Data Warehouse (CDW) as accessed through the VA Informatics and Computing Infrastructure (VINCI) to …
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