Combat-Related Posttrauma Distress and Intimate Relationship Functioning Among OEF/OIF Veterans and Spouses

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica E. Lambert ◽  
Morgan Clinton
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Relationship ◽  
Relationship Functioning

Use and Experience of Recent Intimate Partner Violence Among Women Veterans Who Deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan

Partner Abuse ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 251-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzannah K. Creech ◽  
Alexandra Macdonald ◽  
Casey Taft
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Women Veterans ◽  
Intimate Relationship ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Relationship Functioning ◽  
Significant Variance ◽  
The Past

Background: Women veterans may be at high risk for intimate partner violence (IPV), which increases susceptibility for negative physical and mental health. IPV experiences and use have not previously been studied among the newest generation of women veterans who deployed to the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Method: This study examined the correlates of IPV in a sample of 102 women veterans who had deployed to the conflicts in Iraq or Afghanistan and who were in current intimate relationships. Using an anonymous web-based survey, participants completed measures of combat and sexual harassment exposure during deployment, measures of mental health and substance abuse, intimate relationship satisfaction, and recent IPV. Results: Results indicated that 63% of the sample reported experiencing any IPV in the past 6 months, whereas 73% reported using IPV toward their partner in the past 6 months. Linear regressions indicated intimate relationship satisfaction explained significant variance in recent psychological IPV, whereas alcohol misuse and recent psychological IPV experiences explained significant variance in physical IPV experiences and use and sexual IPV experiences. Conclusion: Women veterans in this study reported high levels of recent IPV experiences as well as the use of IPV. Results suggest the need to assess for both IPV use and IPV experiences in medical settings, and that for some women veterans, IPV prevention that focuses on healthy relationship functioning may be beneficial.

The Impact of Multilevel Sources of Power on Intimate Relationship Functioning

2019 ◽  
pp. 102-140
Author(s):  
Jennifer J. Harman ◽  
Andrew L. Stewart ◽  
Elizabeth Keneski ◽  
Christopher R. Agnew
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Relationship ◽  
Relationship Functioning ◽  
The Impact

Longitudinal associations between interpersonal relationship functioning and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in recently traumatized individuals: differential findings by assessment method

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Candice M. Monson ◽  
Philippe Shnaider ◽  
Anne C. Wagner ◽  
Rachel E. Liebman ◽  
Nicole D. Pukay-Martin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Interpersonal Relationship ◽  
Intimate Relationship ◽  
Relationship Conflict ◽  
Relationship Functioning ◽  
Lagged Effects ◽  
Longitudinal Associations ◽  
Over Time

Abstract Background The role of interpersonal relationship functioning in trauma recovery is well-established. However, much of this research has been done with cross-sectional samples, often years after trauma exposure, using self-report methodology only, and is focused on intimate relationship adjustment. Methods The current study investigated the longitudinal associations between interpersonal (intimate and non-intimate) relationship functioning and clinician- and self-reported posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in 151 recently (within the past 6 months) traumatized individuals. Participants were assessed at four time points over 1 year. Results Approximately 53% of the sample was diagnosed with PTSD at initial assessment, with declining rates of diagnostic status over time to 16%. Latent difference score (LDS) modeling revealed nonlinear declines in both clinician-assessed and self-reported PTSD symptom severity, with faster declines in earlier periods. Likewise, LDS models revealed nonlinear declines in negative (conflict) aspects of interpersonal relationship functioning, but linear declines in positive (support, depth) aspects. The relationship between PTSD and relationship functioning differed for clinician- and self-reported PTSD. Bivariate LDS modeling revealed significant cross-lagged effects from relationship conflict to clinician-assessed PTSD, and significant cross-lagged effects from self-reported PTSD to relationship conflict over time. Conclusions These results highlight that the variability in prior results may be related to the method of assessing PTSD symptomatology and different relational constructs. Implications for theory and early intervention are discussed.

scholarly journals The Dynamic Interplay Between Satisfaction With Intimate Relationship Functioning and Daily Mood in Low‐Income Outpatients

2018 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 891-907
Author(s):  
Rebecca L. Brock ◽  
Molly R. Franz ◽  
Jessica J. O'Bleness ◽  
Erika Lawrence
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Intimate Relationship ◽  
Relationship Functioning ◽  
Dynamic Interplay

The Impact of Childhood Abuse and Current Mental Health on Young Adult Intimate Relationship Functioning

2015 ◽  
Vol 32 (22) ◽  
pp. 3420-3447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Y. Tardif-Williams ◽  
Masako Tanaka ◽  
Michael H. Boyle ◽  
Harriet L. MacMillan
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Childhood Abuse ◽  
Intimate Relationship ◽  
Relationship Functioning ◽  
The Impact

Intimate Relationship Functioning and Psychopathology

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark A. Whisman ◽  
Briana L. Robustelli
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Couple Therapy ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Intimate Relationship ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Relationship Functioning ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Compulsive Disorder

This chapter explores the association between intimate relationship functioning and psychopathology. It begins with a review of the literature on intimate relationship functioning and how it is correlated with the prevalence and incidence of psychopathology, focusing on the results of cross-sectional and longitudinal studies. It then considers the literature on couple-based interventions as treatments for specific forms of psychopathology such as mood disorders, substance use disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive-compulsive disorder, and anorexia nervosa. The chapter focuses on three couple-based interventions, namely, cognitive-behavioral couple therapy, emotion-focused couple therapy, and strategic approaches to couple therapy. It concludes by outlining directions for future research to better understand the link between intimate relationship functioning and psychopathology.

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