Document Type
Article
Language
eng
Format of Original
15 p.
Publication Date
2-1998
Publisher
American Psychological Association
Source Publication
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Source ISSN
0022-3514
Abstract
Structural equation modeling procedures were used to examine relationships among several war zone stressor dimensions, resilience-recovery factors, and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in a national sample of 1,632 Vietnam veterans (26% women and 74% men). A 9-factor measurement model was specified on a mixed-gender subsample of the data and then replicated on separate subsamples of female and male veterans. For both genders, the structural models supported strong mediation effects for the intrapersonal resource characteristic of hardiness, postwar structural and functional social support, and additional negative life events in the postwar period. Support for moderator effects or buffering in terms of interactions between war zone stressor level and resilience-recovery factors was minimal.
Recommended Citation
King, Lynda A.; King, Daniel W.; Fairbank, John A.; Keane, Terence M.; and Adams, Gary A., "Resilience–Recovery Factors in Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Among Female and Male Vietnam Veterans: Hardiness, Postwar Social Support, and Additional Stressful Life Events" (1998). Management Faculty Research and Publications. 164.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/mgmt_fac/164
Comments
Accepted version Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol. 74, No. 2 (February 1998): 420-434. DOI. © 2019 American Psychological Association. Used with permission.
Gary Adams was affiliated with the University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh at the time of publication.