Category Archive for: "veterans"

Moral Injury and Spiritual Struggles in Military Veterans: A Latent Profile Analysis

July 3, 2019 veterans

War-related traumas can lead to emotional, relational, and spiritual suffering. Drawing on two community samples of war zone veterans from diverse military eras (Study 1, N = 616 and Study 2, N = [...]
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TC Fellow to teach VA research literacy course

May 3, 2019 Fellows, News, veterans, veterans' affairs

Shelley Varner-Perez, TC Fellow and VA chaplain in Portland, Oregon will soon begin teaching fellow VA chaplains research literacy. In partnership with chaplaincy researcher J. Irene [...]
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Interview with new National Director of VA Chaplaincy

April 19, 2019 News, veterans

From the Veterans Administration: Juliana M. Lesher’s career and spiritual journey caring for patients and Veterans in need has taken her west to Los Angeles, north to Fargo, south to San Antonio [...]
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Assessing the Unique Role of Religious Coping in Suicidal Behavior Among US Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans

September 24, 2018 suicide, veterans

In this study we examined relations of positive and negative religious coping with risk for suicidal behavior in a sample of Iraq and/or Afghanistan Veterans. Participants completed self-report [...]
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Theodicy and Spiritual Distress among Veterans Managing Posttraumatic Stress

September 6, 2018 moral injury, ptsd, spiritual distress, theodicy, veterans

Research on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in military veterans has increasingly converged on the conclusion that several types of spiritual distress (guilt, shame, loss of meaning and [...]
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