Veterans as Students in Higher Education: A Scoping Review

Dyar, Kelly L.

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“…Nonetheless, Veterans working toward a college degree continue to experience difficulties fitting in. Dyar (2019) reported that Veterans struggle to adapt from a structured military environment to a more permissive campus life. It seems important to note that the study population consisted of student-clinicians working toward a degree and licensure in Nursing, hardly low intensity, high-spontaneity, or permissive programs.…”

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Veteran Evolution: What Makes a Veteran

Ginzburg

2023

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American Veterans currently represent a poorly understood, underrepresented segment of the population. While cultural competence is critical to the practices of psychotherapy and clinical research (Cameron, 2023), numerous divergent strategies for defining Veteran investigational cohorts can be found, at times including participants that are still actively serving or their dependents (Delgado et al., 2021). Simultaneously, our Veterans have been shown to be at a greater risk for a range of biopsychosocial challenges than normed civilians (Grossbard et al., 2013). This study sought to identify the culturally preferred strategy of self-identification of US Veterans. It has been hypothesized that the preferred self-identification of Veterans is "Veteran" while the Service Members identify with the branch of service. 325 participants were selected at random from an archival dataset of 655 respondents who were asked their preferred method of self-identification. The study population was inclusive of 94 Service Members and 231 Veterans. The responses indicate that membership in both Service Member and Veteran groups is exclusive, with 100% of Veterans preferring to identify as a Veteran and 100% of Service Members identifying with the branch of service.

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Section: Vocational/financial Difficulties Experienced By Veteransmentioning

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Veteran Evolution: What Makes a Veteran

Ginzburg

2023

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“…There are two more recently published scoping reviews. Dyar (2019) focused on describing the characteristics of student veterans through the lens of their suitability for nursing degrees. Based on 12 papers (published 2008-2018), Dyar outlined the strengths of student veterans (e.g., sense of duty) as well as their barriers to academic success (e.g., personal struggles).…”

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“…Ghosh et al grouped 24 papers (published 2009Ghosh et al grouped 24 papers (published -2018 into four themes: mental health, academic and career development, support, and identity. Although both Dyar (2019) and Ghosh et al (2019) assessed veterans' mental and physical health more holistically than Barry et al (2014) and Borsari et al (2017), all four reviews are limited by the scope of included studies, which focused on the challenges facing veterans more than veterans' strengths. Similarly, these existing reviews provide a limited picture of academic outcomes, partly due to few journal articles quantitatively investigating academic outcomes.…”

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“…Military veterans-defined as former members of a country's defense force (active or reserve), regardless of service length 1 -have the potential to make excellent university students. Student veterans-defined as students who have transitioned from the military into higher education 2 -have several strengths that predict academic achievement, including a highly developed work ethic, goalsetting skills, self-efficacy, persistence, discipline, resilience, time management, and teamwork experience (Dyar, 2019;Harvey et al, 2018). However, there are also barriers to student veterans' academic achievement, which may not exist for non-veteran students, particularly traditional students.…”

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Assessing Student Veterans’ Academic Outcomes and Wellbeing: A Scoping Review

Moeck

Takarangi

Wadham

2022

Journal of Veterans Studies

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Higher education provides a pathway for military veterans to transition to an engaged civilian life. Veterans can be model students because of their diverse experiences, resilience, and discipline. Yet some veterans are simultaneously "at-risk"; most are nontraditional students and more likely than the general population to face mental/physical health issues. We propose wellbeing might protect student veterans from academic difficulties ensuring positive outcomes. But few studies have investigated the relationship between student veterans' wellbeing and academic outcomes. To guide much-needed research, we mapped how wellbeing and academic outcomes have been assessed in the student veteran literature. We reviewed 96 studies that quantitatively measured student veterans' wellbeing or academic outcomes (databases: PsycINFO, ERIC, Proquest Dissertation/ Theses, PubMed). Wellbeing was conceptualized in several ways, demonstrating lack of uniformity. Academic outcomes predominantly focused on performance, though nonperformance-based measures (e.g., adjustment) were common. We outline existing research limitations and provide future research measurement recommendations.

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“…SV are at a higher risk of mental health disruptions due to the complex health needs associated with their time in the service, often because of traumatic injuries (Hinkson et al, 2021;Hoffmire et al, 2023). According to Dyar (2019), complex health needs in veterans can be defined as a combination of physical and psychological conditions such as PTSD, anxiety, depression, insomnia, alcohol or substance misuse, and suicidal thoughts or attempts. Despite psychological conditions being so prevalent in this population, it may be difficult for SV to seek help related to mental health, and faculty may overlook the consequences due to the rigors of the academic environment (Hinkson et al, 2021).…”

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The Well-Being of Student Veterans: A Feasibility Study Using the Well-Being Inventory in the Academic Setting

O'Laughlin,

Pearl Treyball,

Centi

et al. 2023

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Background: Veterans are using the Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits for post-secondary education more than ever. Military life experiences, including combat deployments and the visible and invisible wounds from their time in the service, affect Student Veterans’ (SV) well-being and may complicate their transition to a student role and the road to academic success. Aim: The aim of this pilot study was to investigate the educational well-being among SV. A secondary aim was to determine the feasibility of measuring well-being in SV with the Well-Being Inventory (WBI), a validated tool that measures four domains of well-being in veterans: (1) vocation, (2) health, (3) financial, and (4) social well-being. Methods: In this cross-sectional pilot study, the WBI was completed by SV (N = 58) via an electronic survey platform. The status, functioning, and satisfaction of the domains of well-being were scored. Correlational statistics were calculated to detect relationships of educational well-being with vocation, work, health, financial, and social well-being domains. Results: Educational well-being was associated with vocation, work, health, and social well-being. SV exhibited the least well-being in the financial and health domains. Conclusions: Academic settings that offer support to SV in relation to their vocation, work, health, and social well-being may enhance SV academic success.

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Veterans as Students in Higher Education: A Scoping Review

Cited by 11 publications

References 18 publications

Veteran Evolution: What Makes a Veteran

Veteran Evolution: What Makes a Veteran

Assessing Student Veterans’ Academic Outcomes and Wellbeing: A Scoping Review

The Well-Being of Student Veterans: A Feasibility Study Using the Well-Being Inventory in the Academic Setting

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