Dissertation
MILITARY PERSONNEL POST DEPLOYMENT REINTREGRATION EXPERIENCES
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
01/2018
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/111323
Abstract
MILITARY PERSONNEL POST DEPLOYMENT REINTREGRATION EXPERIENCES
Abstract
By: Patrick Muturi
Washington State University
PhD, May 2018
Chair: Dr. Denise A Smart
Battlefield-related isolation from family and community, post-traumatic stress disorder, and the complications military personnel encounter while transitioning to civilian life following deployment are poorly understood. Situational-Specific Transition Theory (SSTT) is suitable for use in explaining, exploring, and understanding periods of transition for military personnel undergoing major life transitions after deployment. Using a qualitative descriptive design and drawing on content analysis, this study explores how deployed military personnel self-report changes in family and community dynamics during the process of reintegration following deployment. Seventeen major themes and subthemes were collapsed into 5 overreaching themes: Deploying, Emotionally and physically drained, getting my life together, needing civilian and military family support and reflection of military service. Additionally, the five overarching themes were reduced into one 1 grand theme that captures the meanings associated with the narrative data: Challenging experience. This study adds to the literature on deployment by showing that service members reintegration to family and society has not been fully understood. Findings in this study illustrate the complex challenges facing service members returning home from deployment. Each individual service member highlights unique challenges and unique health care needs. This study shows that etiologies for post-deployment challenges are multidimensional and are further complicated by unique individual needs.
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- Title
- MILITARY PERSONNEL POST DEPLOYMENT REINTREGRATION EXPERIENCES
- Creators
- Patrick Muturi
- Contributors
- Denise Smart (Advisor)Mel Haberman (Committee Member)Janet Katz (Committee Member)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Nursing, College of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 191
- Identifiers
- 99900581422601842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Dissertation