Impact of Combat Deployment on Psychological and Relationship Health: A Longitudinal Study

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 58-65

  Cigrang, Jeffrey A ^a   Wayne Talcott, G ^b   Tatum, Jolyn ^a   Baker, Monty ^c   Cassidy, Daniel ^c   Sonnek, Scott ^c   Snyder, Douglas K ^d   Balderrama Durbin, Christina ^d   Heyman, Richard E ^e   Smith Slep, Amy M ^e  

^a WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ALCOHOLISM; BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893735992     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21890     Document Type: Article

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