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Protecting newly deployed troops from PTSD
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Protecting newly deployed troops from PTSD
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the role of preparedness
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Ray
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Kathleen Giblin
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1964-
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Kathleen Ray
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Peterson
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N. Andrew
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N. Andrew Peterson
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chair
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Ayse
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Ayse Akincigil
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internal member
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Findley
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Patricia
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Patricia Findley
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Findley
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Thomas
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Thomas Findley
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - New Brunswick
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2012
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2012-10
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eng
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Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a serious problem in the military that negatively affects veterans, their families, and military readiness. Previous studies on PTSD have found that veterans who served in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom have both risk factors and protective factors that contribute to the development of symptoms of PTSD but little is known on how or if these factors interact to prevent the development of symptoms of PTSD. This study used a hierarchical multiple regression to test the curvilinear moderating relationship of combat exposure on the relationship between military preparedness and the development of symptoms of PTSD in a sample of 418 veterans seen for evaluation at the New Jersey War Related Injury and Illness Center. Using Inoculation theory as a conceptual framework, this study examined the main and interaction effects of military preparedness and combat exposure on the development of symptoms of PTSD. This was the first study to test this relationship. Statistical analyses were conducted using SPSS and included descriptive analyses and hierarchical multiple regression. The results of this study demonstrated that 42% of the veterans in this sample had symptoms of PTSD. Both military preparedness and combat exposure predicted the development of PTSD but in opposite directions and in separate pathways. As military preparedness increased, the development of symptoms of PTSD decreased while an increase of combat exposure increased the development of symptoms of PTSD. There was no interaction between the two main variables examined in this study. It was also found that one deployment was more likely to predict the development of symptoms of PTSD than multiple deployments. Combat exposure, however, was not found to moderate the relationship between military preparedness and the development of symptoms of PTSD. These results suggest opportunities to create appropriate PTSD prevention strategies prior, during and after deployment to service members. Practical implications include improving military preparedness in PTSD prevention programs, monitoring of impact of combat exposure, and expanding social work interventions to support service members’ transition to civilian life.
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Social Work
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vii, 124 p. : ill.
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Ph.D.
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Includes bibliographical references
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by Kathleen Giblin Ray
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War neuroses--United States
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Post-traumatic stress disorder--Prevention
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Graduate School - New Brunswick Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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doi:10.7282/T35D8QK4
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ETD doctoral
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The author owns the copyright to this work.
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Ray
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Kathleen
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2012-10-03 14:22:41
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Kathleen Ray
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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