Military spouses

Grief has only begun to be researched. A preponderance of existing research has been conducted studying widows and the emotional impact of their grief. Most research on widows has been done with middle age to elder widows. This study considers a sample of young widows between 18…

The public's perspective is a critical component of effective health policy. It provides the insights necessary to develop policies that are politically feasible as well as those that will truly benefit the public's health. To that end, this dissertation examines the perspective…

Little research to date has examined secondary traumatic stress symptoms in spouses of military veterans. Given the number of soldiers returning from combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, recently, it seems timely to explore the issue of secondary traumatic stress symptoms among their…