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Post-traumatic stress disorder: The effect of age and military status on the military population's awareness of community mental health resources
| Title: | Post-traumatic stress disorder: The effect of age and military status on the military population's awareness of community mental health resources. |
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| Name(s): |
Stapp, Susan, Author Kaplan, Jeffrey, Committee Chair Cornell, Richard, Committee Member Moskal, Patsy, Committee Member Brophy-Ellison, James, Committee Member University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Date Issued: | 2014 | |
| Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Abstract/Description: | This study sought to explore the existence of a relationship between age and/or military affiliation (active, veteran, or family member) and awareness of local community mental health programs available for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder. The study separated age from military affiliation to better distinguish between influences on awareness level. Considerations that remain critical regarding post-traumatic stress disorder were described and used to guide a comprehensive review of the literature to find directions to fulfill the goal of this study. A survey was conducted and 586 active military, veterans, and their family members responded to an instrument that contained 40 items. This study was constrained to three items from the survey; age, military affiliation, self-rated awareness of treatment for PTSD. Multiple analysis techniques found no significant (p (<) .05) correlation between either age and awareness or military affiliation and awareness. Further analysis found a significant (p = .003) correlation between veterans and awareness, as well as between family members of veterans (p = .017) and awareness. Veterans and their family members indicated a greater awareness of local community mental health programs available for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder than did active troops and/or their family members. The significance of this finding presents new opportunities to study and improve both the marketing and the delivery of mental health treatment for PTSD to the active military population. Multiple opportunities for future research are discussed. | |
| Identifier: | CFE0005266 (IID), ucf:50586 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
2014-05-01 Ph.D. Education and Human Performance, Dean's Office EDUC Doctoral This record was generated from author submitted information. |
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| Subject(s): | PTSD -- prolonged exposure -- virtual reality exposure therapy -- cognitive dissonance | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0005266 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | public 2014-05-15 | |
| Host Institution: | UCF |
