Service Members
Risk and Protective Factors Associated With Suicidal Ideation in Veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom
Background: Little is known about variables associated with suicidality in veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF).
A Cross-Sectional, Multi-Year Examination of Rural and Urban Veterans Administration Users: 2002-2006
We compared demographic profiles across two rural–urban classification schemes to determine whether rural–urban disparities in health status persisted among Veterans Administration (VA) users over time.
Talking to Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans About Tobacco Use
Introduction: Our goal in this study was to examine beliefs and attitudes about tobacco use in the newest generation of combat veterans, those who served in Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom [OEF]
Training Experiences As Mediators of the Association between Gender-Role Egalitarianism and Women's Adjustment to Marine Recruit Training
Women may face particular challenges adjusting to the military environment, in part due to their numerical minority status in a traditionally male culture.
Predeployment, Deployment, and Postdeployment Risk Factors for Posttraumatic Stress Symptomatology in Female and Male OEF/OIF Veterans
Prior research on risk factors for posttraumatic stress symptomatology (PTSS) in war-exposed Veterans has revealed both direct and indirect mechanisms of risk that span predeployment, deployment, and po
Project VALOR: Design and Methods of a Longitudinal Registry of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Combat-Exposed Veterans in the Afghanistan and Iraqi Military Theaters of Operations
Few studies have investigated the natural history of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).