Psychological and marital distress in spouses of Vietnam veterans: Importance of spouses’ perceptions

Renshaw, Keith D.; Rodebaugh, Thomas L.; Rodrigues, Camila da Silva

doi:10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.05.007

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“…Officer and S/P report of officer PTSD symptoms were moderately correlated, consistent with prior findings. [43] When modeled to predict secondary traumatic stress among S/Ps, only baseline S/P depression and S/P perception of PTSD symptoms in the officer were significant. The latter finding is consistent with the recent work of Renshaw and colleagues, identifying spousal perception of PTSD symptoms as a mechanism for development of psychological distress among spouses of veterans which mediates the effect of veteran report of PTSD symptoms.…”

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Prospective Study of Police Officer Spouse/Partners: A New Pathway to Secondary Trauma and Relationship Violence?

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IntroductionIt has been reported that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with secondary spouse/partner (S/P) emotional distress and relationship violence.ObjectiveTo investigate the relationships between PTSD, S/P emotional distress and relationship violence among police recruits using a prospective design.MethodsTwo hypotheses were tested in 71 S/Ps: (1) Police officer reports of greater PTSD symptoms after 12 months of police service will be associated with greater secondary trauma symptoms among S/Ps; (2) Greater secondary trauma symptoms among S/Ps at 12 months will be associated with S/P reports of greater relationship violence.Methods71 police recruits and their S/Ps were assessed at baseline and 12 months after the start of police officer duty. Using linear and logistic regression, we analyzed explanatory variables for 12 month S/P secondary traumatic stress symptoms and couple violence, including baseline S/P variables and couple violence, as well as exposure and PTSD reports from both S/P and officer.ResultsS/P perception of officer PTSD symptoms predicted S/P secondary traumatic stress. OS/P secondary trauma was significantly associated with both total couple violence (.34, p = .004) and S/P to officer violence (.35, p = .003).ConclusionsAlthough results from this relatively small study of young police officers and their S/Ps must be confirmed by larger studies in general populations, findings suggest that S/P perception of PTSD symptoms may play a key role in the spread of traumatic stress symptoms across intimate partner relationships and intimate partner violence in the context of PTSD.

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“…Among spouses of Vietnam veterans, spousal distress was highest when the spouse viewed the veteran's PTSD symptoms as severe, but the veteran did not (Renshaw et al 2010).…”

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Long-Term Trajectories and Service Needs for Military Families

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Palinkas

2013

Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev

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The deployment of US military personnel to recent conflicts has been a significant stressor for their families; yet, we know relatively little about the long-term family effects of these deployments. Using data from prior military service eras, we review our current understanding of the long-term functioning and needs of military families. These data suggest that overseas deployment, exposure to combat, experiencing or participating in violence during war deployment, service member injury or disability, and combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) all have profound impacts on the functioning of military families. We offer several recommendations to address these impacts such as the provision of family-centered, trauma-informed resources to families of veterans with PTSD and veterans who experienced high levels of combat and war violence. Recent efforts to address the needs of caregivers of veterans should be evaluated and expanded, as necessary. We should also help military families plan for predictable life events likely to challenge their resilience and coping capacities. Future research should focus on the following: factors that mediate the relationship between PTSD, war atrocities, caregiver burden, and family dysfunction; effective family-centered interventions that can be scaled-up to meet the needs of a dispersed population; and system-level innovations necessary to ensure adequate access to these interventions.

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“…Much research on veterans of the recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, however, has examined both clinical and subclinical levels of PTSD (e.g., Campbell & Renshaw, 2013;Pietrzak, Goldstein, Malley, Johnson, & Southwick, 2009;Renshaw, Rodebaugh, & Rodrigues, 2010). Moreover, most researchers and clinicians view personality traits as continuous in nature (e.g., Krueger & Eaton, 2010;Widiger & Trull, 2007).…”

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The Role of Personality Traits and Profiles in Posttrauma Comorbidity

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Renshaw

2015

Journal of Trauma & Dissociation

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Many service members experience symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after deployment. PTSD can vary widely in its presentation and associated features, such as comorbid conditions. Research has shown that veterans with PTSD and an internalizing personality profile are more likely to experience internalizing comorbidity (e.g., anxiety, depression), whereas veterans with PTSD and an externalizing personality profile are more likely to experience externalizing comorbidity (e.g., substance abuse, aggression). To date, however, this research has been limited by a focus on diagnosable disorders and personality categories. In a nonclinical sample of 224 National Guard/Reserve service members who had served since 2001, we explored whether personality traits (measured continuously) moderated associations of PTSD symptom severity with the severity of internalizing (depression, anxiety) and externalizing (alcohol abuse, aggression) symptoms. Results showed that the association of PTSD with anxiety was stronger when extraversion was lower (corresponding to an internalizing personality profile). Moreover, the association of PTSD with alcohol abuse was stronger when extraversion was high and conscientiousness was low (corresponding to an externalizing personality profile). Surprisingly, this association was also stronger when extraversion was low and conscientiousness was high. Results offer additional insights into prior research on personality and comorbidity.

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Psychological and marital distress in spouses of Vietnam veterans: Importance of spouses’ perceptions

Cited by 50 publications

References 27 publications

Prospective Study of Police Officer Spouse/Partners: A New Pathway to Secondary Trauma and Relationship Violence?

Prospective Study of Police Officer Spouse/Partners: A New Pathway to Secondary Trauma and Relationship Violence?

Long-Term Trajectories and Service Needs for Military Families

The Role of Personality Traits and Profiles in Posttrauma Comorbidity

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