Transition to Postsecondary Education

Madaus, Joseph W.; Banerjee, Manju; Merchant, Deborah; Keenan, Walter R.

doi:10.4324/9780203837306.ch43

Cited by 14 publications

(20 citation statements)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…In fact, many military veterans consider transitioning to college the most difficult adjustment (Bowman, 2010;DiRamio, Ackerman, & Mitchell, 2008). The stressors of student veterans are complex because many of them return to college with psychological disabilities and psychiatric disorders that they acquired or developed from military service (Madaus, Miller, & Vance, 2009). These disorders can adversely affect how they cope with academic and personal (non-academic) challenges.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Student veterans’ construction and enactment of resilience: A constructivist grounded theory study

Reyes

Kearney

Isla

et al. 2017

Psychiatric Ment Health Nurs

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Introduction Adjusting to college life is one of the most difficult experiences in a military veteran's transition to civilian life. Many military veterans returning to college not only encounter academic challenges, but also deal with physical and psychiatric disabilities, loss of military camaraderie and social disconnect. These often negatively affect their personal and academic lives. Hence, it is important to explore resilience to best support student veterans as they transition from military to civilian life. Aim The aim of this study was to explore how student veterans construct and enact resilience within their personal and academic lives. Method Using constructivist grounded theory methodology, in-depth individual interviews were conducted with 20 military veterans enrolled as undergraduate students at a U.S. university. Results The process of "integrating," which represents student veterans' construction and enactment of resilience, was the core category. This category has three subcategories: (1) the aspects; (2) the expressions; and (3) the enactments of resilience. Implications for practice Nurses can use this grounded theory as the practical framework for their interactions with military veterans, and more particularly with supporting student veterans in their academic lives, in their personal lives and in the transition from military to civilian life.

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Student veterans’ construction and enactment of resilience: A constructivist grounded theory study

Reyes

Kearney

Isla

et al. 2017

Psychiatric Ment Health Nurs

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…16 Because of innovations in body armor, field medicine, and ambulatory care, casualties are far fewer than in past conflicts, 15 but servicemen and women are redeployed more often, and the nature of combat entails longer durations of heightened stress, owing partly to the threat of roadside bombs and improvised explosive devices. 17 Traumatic brain injury (TBI), for example, has been called the signature injury of this generation of military personnel 18 affecting between 15% and 23% of service members deployed in OEF, depending on the sample and methodology. 19 TBI is characterized as a blunt or penetrating head trauma that manifests various clinical symptoms that vary based on the severity of the trauma.…”

Section: Mental Health Barriers To Successful Reintegration For Oef/omentioning

confidence: 99%

Readjustment of Urban Veterans: A Mental Health and Substance Use Profile of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans in Higher Education

Aikins¹,

Golub²,

Bennett³

2015

Journal of American College Health

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Objective To identify the prevalence of substance use and mental health problems among veterans and student service members/veterans (SSM/V) returning from Iraq and Afghanistan to New York City’s low-income neighborhoods. Participants A sample of 122 veterans attending college and 116 veterans not enrolled recruited using respondent driven sampling. Methods Logistic regression analysis of variation in characteristics of those veterans attending college; linear regression examining effects of college attendance on life satisfaction. Results Having a traumatic brain injury or disability was positively associated with college attendance. Being married, employed, or in college was predictive of overall life satisfaction. SSM/V were significantly less likely to screen positive for depression or drug use disorder. African American veterans were significantly less likely to attend college than White or Hispanic veterans. Conclusion Substance use and some mental health disorders do not preclude inner-city veterans from entering higher education. This study contributes to the sparse literature on African American veterans and SSM/V.

show abstract

“…Bill, is an effort to pay for veterans' college expenses similar to the extent mandated in the original G.I. Bill after World War II (Madaus, Miller, & Vance, 2009). Veterans with disabilities covered by the New G.I.…”

Section: Post-911 Veterans Educational Assistance Act Of 2008mentioning

confidence: 99%

Return-to-Work Outcome Rates of African American Versus White Veterans Served by State Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies

Moore

Wang

Johnson

et al. 2015

Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Hispanic, and individuals from the Other racial category make up 80%, 0.6%, 1.3%, 6%, and 1.4%, respectively, of the universe of veterans. An estimated 15.4% of GWOT, 16.9% of Persian War veterans, and 8.9% of Vietnam War era veterans are African Americans. African American female veterans make up about 20.1% of all women veterans. Remarkably, nearly 1 in every 3, or 33%, of veterans who served in the Persian Gulf War I and GWOT were African American (National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics, 2013).Thousands of these veterans have returned home with more than honor, having sustained service-connected physical and/or mental disabilities (Feist

show abstract

Transition to Postsecondary Education

Cited by 14 publications

References 0 publications

Student veterans’ construction and enactment of resilience: A constructivist grounded theory study

Student veterans’ construction and enactment of resilience: A constructivist grounded theory study

Readjustment of Urban Veterans: A Mental Health and Substance Use Profile of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans in Higher Education

Return-to-Work Outcome Rates of African American Versus White Veterans Served by State Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About