Status- and Stigma-related Consequences of Military Service and PTSD

Evidence from a Laboratory Experiment

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2340937
AutoresCrosby Hipes (University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA), Jeffrey W Lucas (0000-0002-8272-7347, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA), Meredith Kleykamp (0000-0002-8593-1773, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA)
Ano2015
Volume41
Fascículo3
Páginas477-495
Data de publicação2015-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoArmed Forces & Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0095-327X • E-ISSN: 1556-0848
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0095327x14536710
OpenAlexW2071221618
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas14

This article describes an experimental study that investigates the status- and stigma-related consequences of military service and of experiences in war resulting in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In the study, participants interacted with fictitious partners whom they believed were real in four conditions: a control condition, a condition in which the 'partner' was in the military, a condition in which the 'partner' was a war veteran who had been deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, and a condition in which the partner was a military veteran with PTSD who had been deployed. Results support predictions that military experience would advantage partners with respect to influence over participants, but that PTSD would be disadvantaging. Previous contact with veterans moderated this relationship, mitigating the loss of influence associated with PTSD. A prediction that PTSD would significantly increase social distance was not supported

Military personnel · Military service · Political science · Posttraumatic stress · Psychiatry · Service member · Social stigma · Stigma (botany) · Clinical Psychology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Psychology