This study analyzed reports of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, discomfort with intimacy, and marital functioning obtained from 50 male Vietnam combat veterans and their female partners (wives, girlfriends).
The effects of combat trauma and combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can extend beyond the Veteran and can disrupt their intimate relationships and families.
Military spouses (milspouses) enact resilience through communication before, during, and after military deployments.
With the stressors of deployments on military families, it is essential that military spouses find ways to promote resilience during the deployment cycle. Military spouses' view of resilience and coping during deployment were analyzed for overarching themes.
Female service members’ family structures differ from the traditional male service member_female spouse composition of military families.
A secondary analyses of the 2010 wave of the Military Family Life Project regarding structural differences in male and female Service members' families and the experiences of their military spouses was investigated.
Research has traditionally focused on the development of symptoms in those who experienced trauma directly but has overlooked the impact of trauma on victims' families.
Most research focuses on the negative impact of trauma on relationships; however, it is possible that trauma may also have some positive relationship effects. Interviews of trauma-exposed couples were coded for themes of the effect of trauma on their relationships.
While existing literature has begun to explore risk factors which may predict differential response to marriage education, a history of couple infidelity has not been examined to determine whether infidelity moderates the impacts of marriage education.
This study analyzed the impact of a marriage education intervention called Prevention and Relationship Education Program (PREP) compared to a control group on a sample of 662 Active Duty Army couples.