Narrating the sociocultural experience and management of stigma related to military caregiving
- Roscoe, R. A. (2025). Narrating the sociocultural experience and management of stigma related to military caregiving. Health Communication, 40(4), 642-653. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2024.2360177
- The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore how the caregivers of Veterans or Service members with posttraumatic stress experience and manage various types of stigma. 15 military spouses were interviewed about their caregiving experiences. A narrative thematic analysis yielded 4 categories of stigmatized experiences and several corresponding stigma management strategies. Overall, stigma rooted in gendered and military sociocultural contexts created multiple double binds for caregivers. The caregivers managed stigma with a range of complex strategies, each with advantages and disadvantages, and often juggled multiple, sometimes contradictory, strategies to stave off stigma for themselves and their spouses.
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