PTSD and Marital Satisfaction in Military Service Members: Examining the Simultaneous Roles of Childhood Sexual Abuse and Combat Exposure

Survey data from National Guard and Reserve Service members were utilized to examine the role of childhood sexual abuse on both posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom severity and marital satisfaction while accounting for the well-known predictor of combat exposure to both outcomes. Results suggest that child sexual abuse has unique, independent effects on both PTSD symptom severity and marital satisfaction.