Gender Differences in Health Among U.S. Service Members: Unwanted Gender-Based Experiences as an Explanatory Factor

Abstract

Women serving in the U.S. military are more likely than men to report mental health problems, including high anxiety (22.8 percent of women, 15.5 percent of men)and high depression (12.0 percent of women, 9.2 percent of men; Barlas et al., 2013).Luxton, Skopp, and Maguen (2010) found that female service members reported more depressive symptoms than male service members, as well as more posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms following combat trauma, and Hourani et al. (2015) reported a general trend toward women reporting more PTSD symptoms. The 2018 Health Risk Behavior Survey showed similar gender differences, with womens survey responses showing higher prevalence of past month serious psychological distress (12.0 percent) and probable PTSD (13.9 percent) than mens(9.1 percent and 9.6 percent, respectfully; Meadows, et al., 2021).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2022
Accession Number
AD1165841

Entities

People

  • Amy Street
  • Andrew R Morral
  • Dean Kilpatrick
  • Linda Cottrell
  • Lisa H. Jaycox
  • Terry L Schell

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Discrimination
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Gender Discrimination
  • Health Services
  • Human Population
  • Law
  • Medical Personnel
  • Mental Disorders
  • Military Personnel
  • Minority Groups
  • National Security
  • Psychiatry
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Psychology
  • Sexual Assault
  • Sexual Harassment
  • Unified Combatant Commands

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

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  • Gender and Food Studies
  • Mental Health of Military Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Risk Factors, Prevalence, Symptoms, and Treatment.