Out With The Old, In With The New: A Nuanced Approach To Self-Stigma Among Veterans

Abstract: Self-stigma can generate significant public health costs because of its implications concerning underutilization of treatment. Veterans are particularly vulnerable to …

Stories of Transition: Narrative of US Veterans’ Military to Civilian Transition and the Important Role of Identity

Abstract: To date, investigations of Veterans’ transition to civilian life after military service have tended to focus on the experiences of those with mental or physical health …

Cultural Awareness of the Veteran Context - Digital Workbook

Abstract: This workbook is aimed at people working in public sector roles, in particular, roles which are public facing. This is because you may often come into contact with …

“Once a Soldier, a Soldier Forever”: Exiled Zimbabwean Soldiers in South Africa

Abstract: Through military training, soldiers’ bodies are shaped and prepared for war and military-related duties. In the context these former Zimbabwean soldiers find …

Kin and Country: Growing up as an Armed Forces child

Summary: A report for the UK Children’s Commissioner on growing up as an Armed Forces child. It suggests that a number of changes could support Service children, including: the …

Leaving The Armed Forces and Living In North Wales (Lay Version)

This study was carried out by Glyndwr University and was funded by the Forces in Mind Trust. We want this study to help improve the transition to civilian life for veterans living …

Reconsidering the uniform: existential and religious identity reconstruction among Swedes after military service

This longitudinal study has followed nineteen Swedish service members as they have transitioned from military to civilian life and grappled with their own questions of losing …

Validation of the Warrior Identity Scale in the Chicagoland Veterans Study

Abstract: The present study examined the psychometric properties of a measure of military identity in a sample of U.S. military members. Confirmatory factor analysis provided …

Making dialogue with an existential voice in transition from military to civilian life

Dialogical Self Theory has contributed to the endeavors to map and grid self-identity work in transition from military to civilian life throughout an empirical and longitudinal …

A model of military to civilian transition: Bourdieu in action

Abstract: Building on recent work that used the ideas of sociologist Pierre Bourdieu to construct a theoretical framework for considering military to civilian transition (MCT), …

Transition From the Military Into Civilian Life: An Exploration of Cultural Competence

The issue of transition is explored, using theory, to consider the differences in lifestyle that veterans needs to consider when moving permanently back to being a civilian. The …

Veterans’ Identities and Well-being in Transition to Civilian Life – A Resource for Policy Analysts, Program Designers, Service Providers and Researchers

Abstract: This Technical Report highlights important implications for policy and program development, service delivery, communications, commemoration and societal recognition. …