D.S. Vogt, A.P. Pless, L.A. King, and D.W. King. ‘Deployment stressors, gender, and mental health outcomes among Gulf War I veterans’. Journal of Traumatic Stress 18(2) 2005, 115–127
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 247 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0894-9867
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✦ Synopsis
Findings indicate that war-zone exposure has negative implications for the postdeployment adjustment of veterans; however, most studies have relied on limited conceptualizations of war-zone exposure and focused on male samples. In this study, an array of deployment stressors that were content valid for both female and male Gulf War I military personnel was examined to elucidate gender differences in war-zone exposure and identify gender-based differential associations between stressors and mental health outcomes. While women and men were exposed to both mission-related and interpersonal stressors and both stressor categories were associated with mental health outcomes, women reported more interpersonal stressors and these stressors generally had a stronger impact on women's than on men's mental health. Exceptions are described, and implications are discussed.