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Risk Factors Explaining Military Deaths From Suicide, 2008–2017: A Latent Class Analysis

Abstract: Military suicide prevention efforts would benefit from population-based research documenting patterns in risk factors among service members who die from suicide. We use …

Sexual Arenas, Alcohol (Ab)use, and Predatory Leadership: Facilitators of US Military Sexual Violence

Abstract: Scholars argue that, historically, military women have not been considered equals to men in kinship and, therefore, have and will likely continue to experience more …

Understanding and Explaining the Marginalization of Part-Time British Army Reservists

Abstract: Recent changes in the British Army mean part-time reservists and full-time regulars need to become better integrated. However, there has been a long history of workplace …

Bridging the Gap? Ex-Military Personnel and Military–Civilian Transition Within the Prison Workforce

Abstract: Prior research into military–civilian transition has suggested that the Prison Service may be a popular destination for Armed Forces leavers, but the experience of …

Transformational Leadership in Extreme Contexts: Associations with Posttraumatic Growth and Self-Efficacy Among Combat Veterans

Abstract: Decades of research have established transformational leadership as an encompassing leadership approach with broad applications across organizational contexts. Despite …

Service-Connected Disability and the Veteran Mortality Disadvantage

Abstract: Research consistently reports a veteran mortality disadvantage relative to nonveterans, but has not considered the contribution of service-connected disability to this …

Archetype Profiles of Military Spouses in Australia – Identifying Perfect Partners and Mean Girls

Abstract: Military spouses are situated at the junction of the military and civilian worlds. They provide necessary support to military strategic and operational objectives and …

Is There a Public–Military Gap in the United States? Evaluating Foundational Foreign Policy Beliefs

Abstract: The presumed "gap" in fundamental foreign policy beliefs between what Huntington (1957) described as "liberal society" and the "conservative military mind" lies at the …

War and Commitment to Military Service: Deployment and Combat Experiences Associated With Retention Among Army National Guard Soldiers

Absract: The present study examined career intentions in two samples—home-based or garrison (N = 12,583 soldiers in 180 companies) and deployed and recently returned soldiers …

Military Service, Combat Experience, and Civic Participation

Abstract: Military service is a highly social—and potentially socializing—experience. However, the long-term social effect of military service is a little-studied topic, and …

Living Liminal Lives: Army Partners’ Spatiotemporal Experiences of Deployment

Abstract: The emotional cycle of deployment theorized by Logan and adapted by Pincus, House, Christenson, and Alder is often applied by academics and military support agencies to …

Veterans and Media: The Effects of News Exposure on Thoughts, Attitudes, and Support of Military Veterans

Abstract: The mass media are an important source of information concerning military service personnel and veterans. Veterans, veterans organizations, and others have criticized the …