Understanding Resilience in Wounded Warriors and Their Families

Abstract

The current project was undertaken to identify the impact of deployment injury on measures of family functioning (i.e., relationship adjustment, parental stress, and family chaos) as well as on measures of psychological symptoms of the service member (i.e., PTSD, depression, and alcohol use).Returning NG service members and their spouses rated family functioning as lower in the face of psychological difficulties experienced by the service member. Physical injury was positively related to psychological distress among service members. Neither the spouses of returning NG members nor the service members themselves reported significantly reduced family functioning in the face of physical dysfunction. Likewise, neither group reported significantly reduced family functioning in the face of physical dysfunction coupled with psychological difficulties. Thus, at least at this point in the reunification process, although invisible wounds of war are a detriment to family functioning, visible wounds of war appear to be protective against family dysfunction, even when psychological problems are present.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA566778

Entities

People

  • Janice M.Y. Brown

Organizations

  • RTI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan Conflict
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Casualties
  • Combat Injuries
  • Data Analysis
  • Department Of Veterans Affairs
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Families (Human)
  • Health Services
  • Human Behavior
  • Iraqi-War
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Families
  • Military Personnel
  • Psychology
  • Surveys
  • Traumatic Stress Disorder

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Psychological Intervention/Treatment for Stress, Anxiety, PTSD, and Related Emotional and Cognitive Health Symptoms.
  • Rehabilitation and Prosthetic Care for Military Service Members and Veterans with Limb Loss or Disability.