Rates of intimate partner violence were examined in female Active Duty Soldiers with employed and unemployed civilian husbands. Results indicate that Soldiers with unemployed husbands are more likely to both perpetrate and experience severe intimate partner violence.
Partners of combat veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder report elevated relationship and psychological distress, but little is known about the mechanisms by which such distress develops.
An examination of partners' perceptions of Veterans' posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms was conducted.
Military families respond and adjust differently to reintegration stressors with some families coping well with these changes while other families do not.
Families experience stress during the deployment cycle, including the reintegration stage.
Psychological distress among cohabitating female partners of combat Veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was examined in a cross-sectional study using a modified version of the Health Belief Model.
Caring for a loved one with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be stressful and a large burden on caretakers.
This article reports pilot data from phase I of a project to develop and evaluate a self-directed program of integrative therapies for National Guard personnel and significant relationship partners to support r_int_gration and resilience after return from Iraq or Afghanistan.
This study analyzed report pilot data from phase one of a project to develop and evaluate a selfdirected program of integrative therapies for National Guard personnel and significant relationship partners (N = 43 dyads) to support reintegration and resilience after return from Iraq or Afghanistan
Research traditionally has focused on the development of symptoms in those who experienced war trauma directly but overlooked the impact of trauma in the partners of soldiers.