Research traditionally has focused on the development of individual symptoms in those who experienced trauma directly but has overlooked the interpersonal impact of trauma.
Male Soldiers and their wives/partners completed self-report questionnaires shortly after the Soldier’s return from an Iraq or Afghanistan deployment. This study explored the relationship between combat-related traumatic stress and relationship satisfaction.
This study examined relationships between combat-exposed Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans’ experiences related to infidelity during deployment (i.e., indicating that a partner was unfaithful or reporting concern about potential infidelity) and postdeployment mental heal
During frequent and lengthy deployments, infidelity may be a concern for Service members and their significant others. This study examined how combat-exposed Service members’ experiences of infidelity during deployment were associated with post-deployment mental health.
Data on 7,424 soldier spouse abuse offenders were analyzed to determine the prevalence of substance use during abusive incidents, and to examine differences between substance-using and non-substance-using offenders.
Spousal abuse incidents reported in the Army Central Registry were used to determine the prevalence of drug and alcohol use during violent incidents.