VA study shows high magnitude stressors stronger than military sexual stressors
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 12:40
in Psychology & Sociology
A study of long-term, active duty military personnel who used Department of Veterans Affairs' health services showed that childhood maltreatment and other high magnitude stressors, such as being in a serious accident or a natural disaster, were more strongly associated with participants' current psychiatric symptoms than were their military sexual experiences, such as sexual harassment...