The impact of combat trauma across the family life cycle: Clinical considerations

Scaturo, Douglas J.; Hayman, Peter M.

doi:10.1002/jts.2490050212

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“…Indeed, these interpersonal difficulties have been shown to mediate associations between PTSD and marital outcomes among Vietnam veterans (MacDonald et al, 1999). Second, tending to a returned spouse with a chronic emotional problem or a physical disability represents an unexpected caregiving burden, one that the partner may not be prepared to bear (Beckham, Lytle, and Feldman, 1996;Dekel et al, 2005;Scaturo and Hayman, 1992). The results of dealing with the emergent problems of a traumatized partner can be problematic in themselves, a phenomenon known as secondary traumatization (Figley, 1998).…”

Section: Emergent Traitsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Families Under Stress: An Assessment of Data, Theory, and Research on Marriage and Divorce in the Military

Karney¹,

Crown²

2007

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Section: Emergent Traitsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Families Under Stress: An Assessment of Data, Theory, and Research on Marriage and Divorce in the Military

Karney¹,

Crown²

2007

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“…Research convincingly shows that the effects of war can be detrimental to the physical and psychological well being of veterans and their families (e.g., Griffin & Morgan, 1988;Jordan et al, 1992;Scaturo & Hayman, 1992;Williams, 1980). Participation in combat-related activities affects personality development, patterns of social adjustment, coping styles, and interpersonal functioning (Williams, 1980), and is associated with the development of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (Carroll, Rueger, Foy, & Donahoe, 1985) and substance abuse (Jordan et al, 1992).…”

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Personality and psychopathology profiles of veterans' wives: Measuring distress using the MMPI‐2

Alessi

Ray

et al. 2001

J Clin Psychol

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The present study compared personality and psychopathology profiles of veterans' wives against married women in the MMPI-2 restandardization sample. Differences in levels of distress and pathology were analyzed using the validity, clinical, and content scales of the MMPI-2. As expected, veterans' wives, when compared to restandardization wives, reported higher levels of psychopathology and distress, with symptoms such as depression, social maladjustment, and other negative, internal symptomatic behaviors. Findings are discussed in terms of the need for additional research examining this "at-risk" population.

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“…As Basham (2008) stated in her research on couple's detachment as related to combat trauma, "traumatized military couples represent a new population for the application of attachment theory concepts" (p. 83). Furthermore, Scaturo and Hayman (1992) have noted the clinical significance in discovering if the combat trauma occurred before or after the beginning of the couple's relationship, as they found that couples who were together before the traumatization occurred were more likely to encounter relational difficulties, because their relationship was previously based on an attachment that did not include PTSD-like symptoms. Couples, however, who met after the traumatization occurred were more likely to be cognizant of these symptoms and as such were less likely to notice changes in attachment (Scaturo & Hayman, 1992).…”

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“…Couples and families often encounter relational difficulties that are distinctive to military culture, which can be more voluminous when the military service personnel is a woman rather than a man. One of the main pathological issues that military couples sometimes struggle with is the change in attachment before and Downloaded by [University of Colorado -Health Science Library] at 08:05 26 December 2014 after the service member goes off to war, on deployment, or completes a military exercise, which can contribute to PTSD in the service member (Scaturo & Hayman, 1992). Such couples may find that their relationship drastically changes from pre-to post-war deployments and many experience adjustment-related conflict.…”

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The Clinical Deployment of Therapeutic Frameworks and Genogram Questions to Serve the Servicewoman

Papaj¹,

Blumer²,

Robinson³

2011

Journal of Feminist Family Therapy

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Female United States armed services members are among the fastest and most steadily growing in military membership. Despite such advancement, little attention has been accorded to the individual servicewoman, as well as her family, by the marriage/couple and family therapy field. To attend to this identified gap, provided is an overview of the story of women in the military, as well as information on the prevalence of female personnel. Also identified are some of the common problem areas that servicewomen and their families' experience, as well as suggested frameworks and related focused genogram questions for use with such problems and clientele. Future areas worthy of greater scholarly attention are also considered. KEYWORDS female military personnel, military families, military focused genogram questions, military husbands, military servicewomen, servicewomen, servicewomen focused genogram questions

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The impact of combat trauma across the family life cycle: Clinical considerations

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Cited by 30 publications

References 17 publications

Families Under Stress: An Assessment of Data, Theory, and Research on Marriage and Divorce in the Military

Families Under Stress: An Assessment of Data, Theory, and Research on Marriage and Divorce in the Military

Personality and psychopathology profiles of veterans' wives: Measuring distress using the MMPI‐2

The Clinical Deployment of Therapeutic Frameworks and Genogram Questions to Serve the Servicewoman

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