Shaping hope in everyday life
Experiences of veteran spouses with post-deployment mental health issues
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2263953 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nadine Goeree (0000-0002-3840-3425, ARQ Centrum’45 Diemen the Netherlands), Natashe Lemos Dekker (0000-0001-5523-4523, Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology Leiden University Leiden the Netherlands), Yvon De Reuver (The Netherlands Veterans Institute Doorn the Netherlands), Joris F G Haagen (0000-0003-3742-8636, ARQ Centre of Expertise for the Impact of Disasters and Crises Diemen the Netherlands, corresponding author), Eric Vermetten (0000-0003-0579-4404, Department of Psychiatry Leiden University Medical Centre Leiden Leiden the Netherlands) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 355-369 |
| Publication date | 2023-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethos (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-2131 • E-ISSN: 1548-1352 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/etho.12402 |
| OpenAlex | W4386419336 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 40 |
While spouses of military veterans have not been directly exposed to threats during deployment, they often experience a substantial post-deployment-related health burden while living with and caring for a partner with deployment-related mental health issues. Drawing from in-depth interviews, this study examined how female spouses of military veterans deal with the psychosocial effects of deployment. We show how these women cope. They keep their family lives going by maintaining hope for the future. We argue that hope is a dynamic practice between reality and possibility, and different forms of hope co-exist. These range from temporary formulations of present-centered hope, and permanent hopes directed towards the future. We illustrate how spouses challenge discourses around curative futures and adjust their hopes to maintain a more satisfactory everyday life and a positive horizon towards the future
Business · Everyday life · Futures contract · Mental health · Military deployment · Political science · Psychosocial · Psychotherapist · Public relations · Sociology · Software deployment · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · Health, psychology, and well-being · Law · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Psychology
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |