Mental Representations of Military Veterans

The Pictures (and Words) In Our Heads

Datos Bibliográficos

ID22158156
AutoresScott Parrott (0000-0001-6801-5207, University of Alabama, autor de correspondencia), David L Albright (0000-0002-5901-9393, University of Alabama), Nicholas Eckhart (University of Alabama), Kirsten Laha‐walsh (0000-0001-9871-7728, University of Alabama), Kirsten Laha-Walsh
Año2020
Volumen6
Número3
Páginas61-71
Fecha de publicación2020-12-10
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Veterans Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2470-4768 • E-ISSN: 2470-4768
EditorialVirginia Tech Libraries (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.21061/jvs.v6i3.207
OpenAlexW3112262010
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas14

There has been much popular and academic discussion concerning the public’s mental “pictures” of US military veterans, a group afforded symbolic capital but also stereotyped by American society. Nevertheless, we have little empirical research concerning how the public thinks about military veterans. The present study helps to fill the void by examining two mental representations of military veterans among 1,047 respondents to a survey of US adults. First, it examines semantic representations of veterans, employing a priming task to see which words Americans most often associate with veterans. Second, it employs a visual imagery approach to better understand the “pictures in our heads” of veterans, asking respondents to imagine veterans and describe their race, gender, age, and from whence those images came, focusing on mass media and personal experience

Mental health · Psychiatry · Social science · Sociology · Symbolic capital · Media Influence and Health · Psychology · Social Psychology