TY - CHAP
T1 - Couple functioning and PTSD in returning OIF soldiers
T2 - Preliminary findings from the readiness and resilience in national guard soldiers project
AU - Erbes, Christopher R.
PY - 2011/12/1
Y1 - 2011/12/1
N2 - Addressing the mental health needs of returning service members who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan, and their family members, requires careful consideration of the inter-relationships between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and family functioning. This chapter summarizes the theoretical and empirical literature regarding PTSD and couple relationships. It then presents findings from two studies that are part of the Readiness and Resilience in National Guard Soldiers (RINGS) project. The first study examined the importance of pre- and during deployment family concerns on post-deployment PTSD symptoms in a group of 432 National Guard soldiers. The second examined the relationship between PTSD symptoms and soldier- and partner-reported couple functioning in a sample of 49 Operation Iraqi Freedom National Guard soldiers and their partners.
AB - Addressing the mental health needs of returning service members who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan, and their family members, requires careful consideration of the inter-relationships between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and family functioning. This chapter summarizes the theoretical and empirical literature regarding PTSD and couple relationships. It then presents findings from two studies that are part of the Readiness and Resilience in National Guard Soldiers (RINGS) project. The first study examined the importance of pre- and during deployment family concerns on post-deployment PTSD symptoms in a group of 432 National Guard soldiers. The second examined the relationship between PTSD symptoms and soldier- and partner-reported couple functioning in a sample of 49 Operation Iraqi Freedom National Guard soldiers and their partners.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-1-4419-7064-0_3
DO - 10.1007/978-1-4419-7064-0_3
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84890007300
SN - 9781441970633
SP - 47
EP - 67
BT - Risk and Resilience in U.S. Military Families
PB - Springer New York
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