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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"combat veteran"”.
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Understanding Combat Veteran Adaptation via Social-Cognitive Factors: Testing Relationships among Emotion Dysregulation, Coping Self-Efficacy Appraisals, and Negative Worldview
… of factors that promote or deter post-combat adaptation. In total, five research questions were posed and tested, leading to examination of how difficulties with emotion regulation, post-deployment coping self-efficacy (PDCSE), and disrupted worldview work in-concert to influence …
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The Relationship Between Combat Experience, Veteran Pathology and the Pathology of Their Intimate Partners: What Factors Predict the Pathology of Veterans and Their Intimate Partners
… years and with the resulting toll on both the veteran and their intimate partner. As a result, higher levels of pathology, such as PTSD, Anxiety, and Depression have been experienced by this population. While research has studied the effect of combat on military members, very little research …
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Veterans in higher education : an ethnographic study of veterans' higher education experience
… experience of six Global War on Terrorism combat Veterans, using two research questions: 1) How does a Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) Veteran student perceive his/her educational experiences at a four year university? 2) What are the educational, emotional, and psychological needs of the …
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Grief and Healing Sanctuary
… my father's stories as a Navy Vietnam shipboard combat veteran. I designed a building to provide a place for healing and to deal with grief. The building was designed for patients and their families being treated at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. Not all families leave …
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Barriers army combat veterans from the 2000s face when transitioning from military culture to civilian society pertaining to mental health
… intended to provide an insight into the barriers combat veterans face as they separate from military culture and reintegrate into civilian society, specifically how those challenges impact their mental health. The disconnect between military cultural values and values held in the civilian sector …
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Ordinary men: extraordinary times. An exploration of the impact of combat experience on World War Two Royal New Zealand Air Force aircrew across the life course from the perspectives of the veterans, their spouse/ partner, siblings, children and grandchildren
… little concerning the way in which World War Two combat veterans coped following demobilisation and none exploring the longer term impact. This study sought to: (i) assess and describe the long term impact of the war combat experience on the veteran; (ii) identify those factors in the combat …
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Service Dogs for Wounded Warriors with PTSD: Examining the Couple Relational Experience
… of service members who have returned from combat in Iraq and Afghanistan meet the criteria for a mental health diagnosis, of which Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is the most common. Social support provided by close relationships has been shown to be a buffer against PTSD symptoms. …
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An Empirical Investigation of Moral Injury in Combat Veterans
… accepted boundaries of behavior during combat and that challenge one’s sense of self as a good person. These acts, labeled “transgressive acts,” are proposed to lead to a guilt and shame-based syndrome of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, demoralization, self-handicapping, …