Protective factors that mitigate the indirect risk of combat exposure upon meaning in life: A longitudinal study of student veterans.
Adam R KinneyArlene A SchmidKimberly L HenryJ Douglas CoatsworthAaron M EakmanPublished in: Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy (2019)
Combat is associated with worse health status, in turn limiting student veterans' life meaning. This supports an expanded conception of combat-related risk, in which the effect of combat upon positive outcomes is emphasized. Findings indicate that the proposed protective factors may mitigate combat-related risk. We discuss implications for research and practice. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).