Dawne S Vogt

..These findings indicate distinct pathways to different forms of substance-related problems in PTSD and underscore the role of personality in mediating these relationships...

..Results highlight the role of PTSD symptoms and dysphoric symptoms with respect to aggressive behavior among this population, and suggest the relevance of aggression theory to the study of combat veterans...

..The authors suggest that this method holds promise for enhancing the content validity of instruments and, ultimately, the validity of research findings...

..Other researchers interested in studying the accuracy of self-knowledge might wish to adopt this procedure in their own research endeavors...

..Exceptions are described, and implications are discussed...

..Exceptions are described, and implications are discussed...

..Women veterans are generally less healthy than their nonveteran female counterparts or male veterans. Accumulating evidence suggests there may be barriers to women veterans' access to and use of Veterans Health Administration (VHA) care...

..Results highlight the complexity of the associations between different forms of relationship abuse, coping strategies, and mental health among this population...

..Additionally, support was obtained for criterion-related validity, as demonstrated by associations with mental and physical health measures, and discriminative validity, as demonstrated by differences between key military subgroups...

..This is a cause for concern as war-zone stressors have been implicated in postdeployment health outcomes, including intimate partner violence and child maltreatment, immediate physical and mental health, and long-term adjustment...

..The findings from the current study indicate that sexual assault has detrimental associations with physical health and that PSS plays a primary role in that relationship...

..Few studies have addressed how military trauma exposure, particularly sexual assault and combat exposure, affects women veterans' use and perceptions of Veterans Health Administration (VHA) care...

..Moreover, a synergistic effect of these two risk factors was observed in the prediction of mental health and mental health functional status...

..The potential role of unit cohesion in explaining these findings is discussed...

..Moreover, the measure is sensitive to changes that occur in treatment, and the length of the measure (15 items) is practical for use in clinical settings...

..Additionally, gender was examined as a moderator of the associations between internalizing problems and PTSS, externalizing problems and PTSS, and prior stressor exposure and PTSS...

..Although the negative impact of stress reactions on hardiness was strongest when social support was low for both genders, stress reactions predicted enhanced hardiness when social support was high for women only...

..Results were consistent with studies from other trauma groups suggesting that PTSD is pivotal with respect to explaining the effects of trauma on health...

..The majority of hypothesized associations held, suggesting that the mechanisms underlying PTSS may be similar across veteran cohorts...

..With several exceptions, the intervention was similarly effective across employee groups...

..Results suggest that coping strategies used by battered women are multidetermined and deserve further exploration...

..Finally, preliminary findings suggested that interpersonally oriented individuals may sometimes draw on information about themselves and about stereotypical others to facilitate accurate judgments of others...