Gender Differences in Traumatic Experiences and Mental Health in Active Duty Soldiers Redeployed From Iraq and Afghanistan

Pre- and post-deployment data of Soldiers were utilized to examine possible gender differences in combat exposure, military sexual trauma (MST), and their associations with mental health outcomes (i.e., problem drinking, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder [PTSD]) of military personnel recently returned from deployment to Afghanistan or Iraq. Results indicate that gender influenced the relationship between combat exposure, MST, and mental health outcomes.