ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Mental Health and Psychosocial Functioning in Recently Separated U.S. Women Veterans: Trajectories and Bi-Directional Relationships.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- An Evidence Map of the Women Veterans' Health Literature, 2016 to 2023: A Systematic Review.JAMA network open · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of the ADAPT Military Parenting Program on Parenting Behaviors in a Subsample of Deployed Mothers.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2026Trial
- Trauma-informed parenting intervention for veterans: A preliminary uncontrolled trial of Strength at Home-Parents.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2023Trial
- Australian Women Veterans' Experiences of Gendered Disempowerment and Abuse Within Military Service and Transition.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
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- No Women's Land: Australian Women Veterans' Experiences of the Culture of Military Service and Transition.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Associations between Predictors of PTSD and Psychosocial Functioning in Veterans: Results from a Longitudinal Assessment Study.Depression and anxiety · 2024Article
- Psychosocial functioning deficits impact and are impacted by suicidal ideation in post-9/11 women veterans.Journal of affective disorders reports · 2022Article
- Temporal Sequencing of Mental Health Symptom Severity and Suicidal Ideation in Post-9/11 Men and Women Veterans Who Recently Separated from the Military.Chronic stress (Thousand Oaks, Calif.)Article
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Abstract
Prior research on the relationship between veterans' mental health and psychosocial functioning has primarily relied on male samples. Here, we investigated prospective longitudinal relationships between mental health and psychosocial functioning in 554 female Iraq and Afghanistan War veterans who were surveyed three times between two- and seven-years following separation from service. Mixed effects modeling revealed that increasing depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) severity predicted declines in work functioning. Increasing PTSD severity predicted declining parental functioning and worsening depression predicted a decline in relationship functioning. In turn, decreased work and intimate relationship functioning predicted increased PTSD and depression symptom severity suggesting bi-directional effects between mental health and psychosocial functioning. An examination of the effect of deployment stressors on psychosocial functioning revealed that deployment sexual harassment was the strongest predictor of decreased psychosocial functioning across all domains. Evidence for the reciprocal nature of relationships between mental health and psychosocial functioning underscore the need for treatment targeted at PTSD and depression, as well as work and relationship functioning to improve outcomes for women veterans.
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