Military Sexual Trauma in Treatment-Seeking Women Veterans

被引:28
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作者
Rowe, Erin L. [1 ]
Gradus, Jaimie L. [2 ,3 ]
Pineles, Suzanne L. [2 ,3 ]
Batten, Sonja V. [4 ]
Davison, Eve H. [2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Northeastern Univ, Inst Urban Hlth Res, Boston, MA 02115 USA
[2] VA Boston Healthcare Syst, Womens Hlth Sci Div, Natl Ctr PTSD, Boston, MA 02130 USA
[3] Boston Univ, Sch Med, Dept Psychiat, Boston, MA 02118 USA
[4] Univ Maryland, Sch Med, VA Maryland Healthcare Syst, Baltimore, MD 21201 USA
关键词
HEALTH-CARE; ASSAULT; STRESS; PTSD;
D O I
10.1080/08995600902914768
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
As the number of women serving in the military continues to grow, it is increasingly important to explore the sequelae of military sexual trauma (MST) among female veterans. The current study included 232 female veterans who sought outpatient mental health treatment at an urban Veterans Affairs hospital. The study's aims were to (a) describe and compare the demographic characteristics, health behaviors, and psychological symptoms of female veterans who have experienced MST to those veterans who do not report this experience; and (b) examine the associations between psychological symptoms and health behaviors in this sample, stratified by MST status. Results indicate that treatment-seeking women veterans who reported experiencing MST endorsed more psychological distress compared to those who did not report experiencing MST. In addition, psychological symptoms were associated with engaging in problematic health behaviors, such as binge eating and infrequent physical exercise among both those women who experienced MST and those who did not.
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页码:387 / 395
页数:9
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