The associations between deployment experiences, PTSD, and alcohol use among male and female veterans

  • Banducci, A. N., McCaughey, V. K., Gradus, J. L., & Street, A. E. (2019). The associations between deployment experiences, PTSD, and alcohol use among male and female veterans. Addictive Behaviors, 98, Article 106032. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.106032
  • This study examined factors that may amplify problematic alcohol use. Using a sample of 2,344 post-9/11 veterans, researchers sought to determine if posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, deployment traumas (i.e., warfare and military sexual trauma), and life disruptions (i.e., concerns about life at home, such as missing an important event or bringing harm to their relationship with their significant other) would increase the use of alcohol post-deployment. These associations were examined by gender. Results suggest that severe warfare and military sexual trauma were related to PTSD symptoms, which, in turn, were related to more problematic alcohol use. Further, life disruptions exacerbated these associations for women.

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