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Military Veterans' perception of quality of care following international operations

Abstract: A high number of military veterans seek professional help at primary healthcare centers for mental health problems. The main aim of this study was to map veterans' …

Swedish Veterans after Bosnia: The Relationship Between Military Deployment and Labour Market Marginalisation

Abstract: While the well-being of the Swedish peacekeepers deployed to Bosnia in the 1990s has received a great deal of attention over the years, very little is known about how …

Moral injury: understanding Swedish veterans who are assessed but not diagnosed with PTSD

This article is based on an interview study of 24 Swedish veterans who experienced deteriorating mental health and increased suffering without meeting the criteria for a PTSD …

Evil, constructed: A salient part of an emerging spiritual Veteran identity

Abstract: This article investigated constructions of evil among deployed Swedish veterans. Six cases were used to demonstrate common themes of these constructions: humans are …

Daily uplifts, daily hassles, and coping in military veterans' post‐deployment reintegration

Abstract: Our first aim was to explore the relationship between daily uplifts, daily hassles, and coping styles the first year after returning from international military missions …

A question of time? Deployments, dwell time, and work-life balance for military personnel in Scandinavia

Abstract: In recent years, interest in the different ways in which military employment affects individuals’ work-life balance (WLB) has grown. At the same time, research on …

A symbolic interactionist perspective on the divide within the Veteran self

This article focuses a theoretical lens on the veteran self and discusses what this can mean for veterans, their loved ones, and society. Mead’s (1934) generalized other, …

Beyond PTSD: A multi-case study exploring identity, moral injury, and spiritual injury

Abstract: This multi-case study explored Swedish military veterans’ experiences related to posttraumatic stress disorder, moral injury, and spiritual injury. Specifically, the …

Longitudinal studies on cohesion in a military context – A systematic review

Abstract: Cohesion is one of the most studied group phenomena and there is an agreement among scholars today that cohesion is a key contributor to team functioning and …

After so much is invested in creating robust military identities, what about the construction of fulfilling civilian identities after service?

This chapter deals with the construction of robust military identities and the reconstruction such identities amid transition from military to civilian life. The chapter draws from …

The Invisible Wounded Warriors in a Nation at Peace: An interview study on the lives of Swedish veterans of foreign conflicts and their experiences with PTSD, moral injuries, and military identities

Although there has not been war in Swedish territory for many years, this does not mean that the country has no veterans who have experienced the challenges of war zone deployments …

Interrelationship of emotional stability, hassles, uplifts, coping and stress-related symptoms in Swedish female and male military veterans

Abstract: Drawing on previous research, two hypotheses were tested: (1) the higher the frequency of daily uplifts and use of functional coping strategies, and the lower the …