Abby E Blankenship

Biographic Data

ID4226778
NAMEAbby E Blankenship
GIVEN NAMESAbby E
FAMILY NAMEBlankenship
SIGNATUREBLANKENSHIP A E
AFFILIATIONSThe University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center
ORCID0000-0003-2829-1287
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX0

  • Qualitative examination of homecoming experiences among active-duty military fathers during reintegration

    Open AccessAbby E Blankenship, Alison L Drew et al.ARTICLEQualitative Social Work2024

    Active-duty military fathers are frequently away from their families throughout their military career and are faced with readjusting to family and garrison life after each separation. For fathers of very young children, reintegration can have unique challenges due to the tremendous developmental progression occurring in early childhood and the impact of lengthy deployment separations. While much of the research on military families focuses on ext…

  • Enhancing resiliency and optimizing readiness in military personnel through psychological flexibility training

    Open AccessAlan L Peterson, Brian A Moore et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2024

    This study will evaluate the efficacy of a two-day training program based on ACT for fostering psychological flexibility, the central target in ACT, for enhancing resiliency, and for preventing the development of psychological health symptoms. The research participants will be a non-clinical population of active duty military personnel ( N = 600). The ACT-based training program ( n = 300) will be compared to a military resiliency training as usua…

  • The Role of Social Work in Confronting the Farmer Suicide Crisis

    Erica E Nason, Abby E Blankenship et al.ARTICLESocial Work in Public Health2023

    Although estimates of prevalence vary, suicide rates among farmers are high and pose an important challenge for mental health policy and practice. The lack of mental health resources in many rural communities is a significant barrier to improving farmer mental health outcomes. The current paper will review (1) current findings related to the psychosocial functioning of agriculturalists including rates of suicide and common mental health concerns …

  • DSM-5 criterion-a-based trauma types in service members and veterans seeking treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder

    Open AccessNatasha Benfer, Breanna Grunthal et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2023

    Because of discrepancies between participant and assessor typologies, clinical researchers should use participants' ratings, and these should trump assessor judgment. Differences in pretreatment behavioral and mental health problems across some participant-endorsed trauma types partially support the validity of the participant ratings. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)

  • This Gradual Swing Back into Us

    Open AccessAlison L Drew, Abby E Blankenship et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Issues2022References: 25

    This qualitative study examined the post-deployment experiences of 16 female spouses, whose active duty Army husband had returned from deployment within the previous 2 years and who had a young child during the deployment. Spouses reported that the time surrounding their husbands' return was one of the great transitions, often accompanied by stress. Most families were able to work through challenges and show positive adjustment over time. However…

  • Launching a Competency-Based Training Program in Evidence-Based Treatments for PTSD

    Open AccessKatherine A Dondanville, Brooke A Fina et al.ARTICLECommunity Mental Health Journal2020References: 46