ArticlePsychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy2022
The impact of military sexual trauma and warfare exposure on women veterans' perinatal outcomes.
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11 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
- The association of deployment stressors and PTSD and depression symptoms in military mothers.Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2026Article
- Network analysis of PTSD symptoms following childbirth and comorbid conditions among women with sexual trauma history.Archives of women's mental health · 2025Article
- Reframing obstetric care through a trauma-informed lens: A narrative review of trauma-informed principles and clinical applications.Pregnancy (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2025Review
- Identifying candidate mechanisms of comorbidity in disordered eating and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among U.S. veterans: A network analytic approach.Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy · 2025Article
- Associations of military sexual harassment and assault with nonsuicidal self-injury: Examining gender and sexual orientation as moderators.Journal of psychiatric research · 2024Article
- Development of the Ready to Care Survey for VA Women's Health Primary Care Provider.Journal of general internal medicine · 2024Article
- Nonsuicidal self-injury methods among U.S. Veterans: Latent class analysis and associations with psychosocial outcomes.Psychiatry research · 2023Article
- PTSD and Depression Symptoms Increase Women's Risk for Experiencing Future Intimate Partner Violence.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- State of the Knowledge of VA Military Sexual Trauma Research.Journal of general internal medicine · 2022Review
- Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempts Among Women Veterans Using VA Reproductive Health Care: Prevalence and Associations With Fertility-, Pregnancy- and Parenting-related Factors.Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's HealthArticle
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Abstract
objectiveIn the general population, history of trauma is associated with a range of adverse perinatal outcomes, which have long-term negative consequences for both mother and child. Research examining the impact of trauma, particularly trauma occurring during military service, on perinatal outcomes among women veterans is still in its nascence. The current study examined if warfare exposure and military sexual trauma (MST) contributed unique variance to the prediction of a broad range of adverse perinatal outcomes (i.e., preterm birth, full-term birth, infant birth weight, postpartum depression and/or anxiety).
methodWomen veterans living across the U.S. (oversampled for veterans living in high crime communities) completed a mail-based survey, and reported information about all pregnancies that occurred since enlistment in the military. They also reported on warfare exposure and MST using the Deployment Risk and Resilience Inventory.
resultsA total of 911 women reported on 1,752 unique pregnancies. Results revealed that MST, but not warfare exposure, was associated with having a lower infant birth weight (
conclusionsFindings highlight the importance of screening for MST during pregnancy and trauma-informed obstetric care. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).
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