Bearing the Burden: Deployment Stress Among Army National Guard Chaplains

Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 151-168

  Besterman Dahan, Karen ^a   Barnett, Scott ^a   Hickling, Edward ^b   Elnitsky, Christine ^a   Lind, Jason ^a   Skvoretz, John ^c   Antinori, Nicole ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Bay Pines VA Healthcare System   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaplain; combat; military; psychological distress; resilience; survey

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLERGY; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CLERGY; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WAR;

EID: 84868289959     PISSN: 08854726     EISSN: 15286916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08854726.2012.723538     Document Type: Article

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