Relationship of service members' deployment trauma, PTSD symptoms, and experiential avoidance to postdeployment family reengagement

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 52-62

  Brockman, Callie ^a   Snyder, James ^a   Gewirtz, Abigail ^b   Gird, Suzanne R ^b   Quattlebaum, Jamie ^b   Schmidt, Nicole ^b   Pauldine, Michael R ^b   Elish, Katie ^b   Schrepferman, Lynn ^b   Hayes, Charles ^c   Zettle, Robert ^c  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Experiential avoidance; Family interaction; Military deployment; PTSD; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY RELATION; FATHER CHILD RELATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SOLDIER; SPOUSE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIDEORECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBAT DISORDERS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA; SELF REPORT; SPOUSES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957935869     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: 19391293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/fam0000152     Document Type: Article

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