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  • Trauma Studies
  • Qualitative Research

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  • Deployment-related trauma significantly impacts soldiers' well-being.
  • Understanding soldiers' experiences is crucial for effective support.
  • Previous research often treats conditions like PTSD discretely.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To qualitatively explore physical and emotional trauma exposure in Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) soldiers.
  • To examine associated symptoms and coping strategies.
  • To understand in-theater and reintegration experiences' effects.

Main Methods:

  • Semistructured interviews were conducted with 103 OEF/OIF soldiers.
  • A qualitative descriptive methodology was employed for data analysis.
  • The study focused on identifying emergent themes from soldier narratives.

Main Results:

  • Identified common experiences of emotional and physical trauma and associated symptoms.
  • Revealed diverse coping and meaning-making strategies employed by soldiers.
  • Demonstrated how combat and reintegration affected soldiers' self-perception, relationships, and overall functioning.

Conclusions:

  • Findings suggest rethinking mild traumatic brain injury and posttraumatic stress disorder as discrete conditions.
  • The study supports considering dimensional versus categorical models for these conditions.
  • Highlighted constructs like moral injury and moral repair for future research and clinical interventions.