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    Women at war: understanding how women veterans cope with combat and military sexual trauma

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    Authors
    Mattocks, Kristin M.
    Haskell, Sally
    Krebs, Erin
    Justice, Amy C.
    Yano, Elizabeth M.
    Brandt, Cynthia A.
    UMass Chan Affiliations
    Department of Quantitative Health Sciences
    Document Type
    Journal Article
    Publication Date
    2012-02-01
    Keywords
    *Adaptation, Psychological
    Adult
    Anxiety Disorders
    Depressive Disorder, Major
    Female
    Humans
    Interviews as Topic
    Iraq War, 2003-2011
    Middle Aged
    Rape
    Sexual Harassment
    Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
    United States
    Veterans
    Young Adult
    Coping
    Adaptation
    Mental health
    Sexual harassment
    Stress
    Trauma
    Women
    Iraq
    Afghanistan
    USA
    Veterans
    War
    Military and Veterans Studies
    Psychiatry and Psychology
    Women's Health
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    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.10.039
    Abstract
    The wars in Iraq (Operation Iraqi Freedom, OIF) and Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom, OEF) have engendered a growing population of US female veterans, with women now comprising 15% of active US duty military personnel. Women serving in the military come under direct fire and experience combat-related injuries and trauma, and are also often subject to in-service sexual assaults and sexual harassment. However, little is known regarding how women veterans cope with these combat and military sexual trauma experiences once they return from deployment. To better understand their experiences, we conducted semi-structured interviews with nineteen OEF/OIF women veterans between January-November 2009. Women veterans identified stressful military experiences and post-deployment reintegration problems as major stressors. Stressful military experiences included combat experiences, military sexual trauma, and separation from family. Women had varying abilities to address and manage stressors, and employed various cognitive and behavioral coping resources and processes to manage their stress.
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    2011 Dec 11. Link to article on publisher's site

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    10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.10.039
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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/51025
    PubMed ID
    22236641
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