Army

Gender Differences in the Effects of Deployment-Related Stressors and Pre-Deployment Risk Factors on the Development of PTSD Symptoms in National Guard Soldiers Deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan

Objective: Although women in the military are exposed to combat and its aftermath, little is known about whether combat as well as pre-deployment risk/protective factors differentially predict post-deployment PTSD symptoms among women compared to men.

2014
Polusny, M. A.
Kumpula, M. J.
Meis, L. A.
Erbes, C. R.
Arbisi, P. A.
Murdoch, M.
Thuras, P.
Kehle-Forbes, S. M.
Johnson, A. K.

Gender Differences in the Effects of Deployment-Related Stressors and Pre-Deployment Risk Factors on the Development of PTSD Symptoms in National Guard Soldiers Deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan

U.S. National Guard Soldiers deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan completed measures of potential risk/protective factors and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms one month before and 2-3 months after deployment.

2014
Polusny, M. A.
Kumpula, M. J.
Meis, L. A.
Erbes, C. R.
Arbisi, P. A.
Murdoch, M.
Thuras, P.
Kehle-Forbes, S. M.
Johnson, A. K.

Gender Differences in Combat-Related Stressors and Their Association with Postdeployment Mental Health in a Nationally Representative Sample of U.S. OEF/OIF Veterans

Though the broader literature suggests that women may be more vulnerable to the effects of trauma exposure, most available studies on combat trauma have relied on samples in which women's combat exposure is limited and analyses that do not directly address gender differences in associations

2011
Vogt, D.
Vaughn, R.
Glickman, M. E.
Schultz, M., Drainoni, M.-L.
Elwy, R.
Eisent, S.

Gender Differences in Combat-Related Stressors and Their Association with Postdeployment Mental Health in a Nationally Representative Sample of U.S. OEF/OIF Veterans

Researchers evaluated gender differences in a variety of combat-related stress dimensions and associated consequences for postdeployment mental health in a representative sample of female and male U.S. Veterans who had returned from deployment to Afghanistan or Iraq within the previous year.

2011
Vogt, D.
Vaughn, R.
Glickman, M. E.
Schultz, M., Drainoni, M.-L.
Elwy, R.
Eisent, S.