Perpetration-induced traumatic stress in combat veterans
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12439767 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rachel M MacNair (0000-0003-2477-1988, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 63-72 |
| Publication date | 2002-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Peace and Conflict Journal of Peace Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1078-1919 • E-ISSN: 1532-7949 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1207/s15327949pac0801_6 |
| OpenAlex | W1991450142 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
| References cited | 12 |
The hypothesis that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) associated with killing is more severe than that associated with other traumas causing PTSD was tested on U.S. government data from Vietnam war veterans. This large stratified random sample, the National Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Study (NVVRS), allows for generalizable findings. Results showed that PTSD scores were higher for those who said they killed compared to those who did not. Scores were even higher for those who said they were directly involved in atrocities compared to those who only saw them. PTSD scores also remained high for those who said they had killed, but in traditional combat form. The data did not support the alternative explanations that higher battle intensity or a predisposition to over-reporting of symptoms might account for these findings
Combat stress reaction · Psychiatry · Stress (linguistics · Traumatic stress · Clinical Psychology · Health and Conflict Studies · Philosophy · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Psychology · Torture, Ethics, and Law
Torture and its Consequences, Psychology of
Moral injury and moral repair in war veterans
Introduction to the special issue
An Explorative Study of Perpetrator Trauma Symptoms in South African Incarcerated Youth
On Communal Transgressive Behaviour; A Moral Dilemma Variation on the Classic Asch Paradigm
Proportionality and combat trauma
Evidence That Initial Obedient Killing Fuels Subsequent Volitional Killing Beyond Effects of Practice
Religious Considerations and Self-Forgiveness in Treating Complex Trauma and Moral Injury in Present and Former Soldiers
Characteristics of veterans and military service members who endorse causing harm, injury, or death to others in the military
Predictors of posttraumatic growth in a multiwar sample of U.S. Combat veterans
Thick critiques, thin solutions
Moral Injury
A functional approach to understanding and treating military-related moral injury
The impact of killing on mental health symptoms in Gulf War veterans
Killing during combat and negative mental health and substance use outcomes among recent-era veterans
Meaning Making and Change in Situational Beliefs Serially Mediate the Relationship Between Moral Injury and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Death by a thousand cuts’
Characteristics of protracted, intractable conflict
A scoping study of moral injury
The cycle of violence as a function of PTSD and appetitive aggression
Veterans’ Perspectives on the Psychosocial Impact of Killing in War
The Cycle of Violence
Participation in Atrocities Among Israeli Soldiers During the First Intifada
Trust in the aftermath of genocide
| Unique citing works | 24 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,04 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2026 (24) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 24 |