Service Members

Targeting Relational Aggression in Veterans: The Strength at Home Friends and Family Intervention

child abuse; maternal care; sexual trauma
Objective: We evaluated the effectiveness of Strength at Home Friends and Families (SAH-F), a dyadic group intervention to prevent relational aggression and its negative consequences, in a community-based sample of service members/veterans and significant others who reported relational difficulties.
2015
Hayes, M. A.
Gallagher, M. W.
Gilbert, K. S.
Creech, S. K.
DeCandia, C. J.
Beach, C. A.
Taft, C. T.

Precipitating Circumstances of Suicide Among Active Duty U.S. Army Personnel Versus U.S. Civilians, 2005-2010

children; parents quantitative research; mental health; maternal mental health
To better understand the differences among suicide events between Soldiers and civilians, it is important to evaluate precipitating factors. Both Soldiers and civilian decedents experienced stress related to mental health symptoms and intimate partner relationships near the time of their deaths.
2014
Logan, J. E.
Skopp, N. A.
Reger, M. A.
Gladden, M.
Smolenski, D. J.
Floyd, C. F.
Gahm, G. A.

Precipitating Circumstances of Suicide Among Active Duty U.S. Army Personnel Versus U.S. Civilians, 2005-2010

child abuse; maternal care; sexual trauma
To help understand suicide among soldiers, we compared suicide events between active duty U.S. Army versus civilian decedents to identify differences and inform military prevention efforts. We linked 141 Army suicide records from 2005 to 2010 to National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) data.
2014
Logan, J. E.
Skopp, N. A.
Reger, M. A.
Gladden, M.
Smolenski, D. J.
Floyd, C. F.
Gahm, G. A.

Number of Deployments, Relationship Satisfaction and Perpetration of Partner Violence Among U.S. Navy Members

child abuse; maternal care; sexual trauma
The present brief report examined whether number of deployments, relationship satisfaction, and the interaction between number of deployments and relationship satisfaction predicted Navy members’ reports of perpetrating physical partner violence. Participants were 80 U.S.
2015
Kelley, M. L.
Stambaugh, L.
Milletich, R. J.
Veprinsky, A.
Snell, A. K.
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