ArticleThe Gerontologist2016
A Life-span Perspective on Combat Exposure and PTSD Symptoms in Later Life: Findings From the VA Normative Aging Study.
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- Subjective well-being among male veterans in later life: the enduring effects of early life adversity.Aging & mental health · 2022Article
- The Impact of Early Life War Exposure on Mental Health among Older Adults in Northern and Central Vietnam.Journal of health and social behavior · 2021Article
- Predicting Health-Related Quality of Life in Trauma-Exposed Male Veterans in Late Midlife: A 20 Year Longitudinal Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Psychological Adjustment of Aging Vietnam Veterans: The Role of Social Network Ties in Reengaging with Wartime Memories.Gerontology · 2020Review
- Late-onset stress symptomatology (LOSS) scale - short form: development and validation.Aging & mental health · 2019Article
- "Hidden" and Diverse Long-Term Impacts of Exposure to War and Violence.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2019Article
- Trauma and Aging.Current psychiatry reports · 2018Review
- Does combat exposure affect well-being in later life? The VA Normative Aging Study.Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy · 2017Article
- Friendship in War: Camaraderie and Prevention of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Prevention.Journal of traumatic stress · 2017Article
- Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms and associated health and social vulnerabilities in older jail inmates.Aging & mental health · 2017Article
- Military Generation and Its Relationship to Mortality in Women Veterans in the Women's Health Initiative.The Gerontologist · 2016Observational
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Abstract
purpose of the studyWe tested a life-span model of combat exposure on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in later life, examining the direct and indirect effects of prewar, warzone, and postwar factors. DESIGN AND
methodsThe sample included 947 male World War II and Korean War veterans from the VA Normative Aging Study (Mage = 65, SD = 7). They completed mail surveys on childhood family environment, military service and postwar experience, stressful life events, and PTSD symptoms (response rates > 80%).
resultsWe constructed an initial path model testing cumulative advantage and disadvantage pathways. Although all hypothesized relationships were significant, the model was not a good fit to the data. Subsequent models showed that all three life-span periods had both direct and indirect effects on PTSD symptoms and that there were interesting cross-links between the two sets of pathways. IMPLICATIONS: The life-span perspective provides a useful heuristic to model various developmental effects on later-life outcomes. A supportive childhood family environment can have lifelong protective effects, whereas a conflictual one can set up lifelong patterns of pessimistic appraisals.
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