dc.contributor.advisor | Frey, Melissa | |
dc.contributor.author | Tyler, Hannah | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-07-29T17:44:36Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-07-29T17:44:36Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-08-01 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11244/51851 | |
dc.description.abstract | The fear of stigmatization by community members outside of the military has been identified as a significant barrier to care for military members seeking mental health services (Mittal et al., 2013). Research exploring the constructs that contribute to the stigmatizing views of military specific mental health issues is absent from current literature. This study examined variables, including just world beliefs, victim blaming, and self-compassion, and their predictive value regarding specific types of attitudes (i.e., mental health ideology, social restriction, benevolence) toward individuals with combat-related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Hierarchical regression models for each of the stigmatizing attitude scales showed different predictive patterns. However, self-compassion was not found to be a significant predictor of any of the stigmatizing attitudes scales. The findings provide guidance regarding the development of anti-stigma interventions and educational campaigns that may reduce levels of stigmatization by community members, with the long-term goal of diminishing military members’ fear of community stigmatization as a barrier to seeking mental health services.
Keywords: combat-related PTSD, stigma, just world perspective, self-compassion | en_US |
dc.language | en_US | en_US |
dc.subject | combat-related PTSD | en_US |
dc.subject | stigma | en_US |
dc.subject | just world perspective | en_US |
dc.subject | self-compassion | en_US |
dc.title | COMMUNITY STIGMATIZATION OF COMBAT-RELATED PTSD: THE INFLUENCE OF JUST WORLD BELIEFS, VICTIM BLAMING, AND SELF-COMPASSION | en_US |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Mayeux, Lara | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Arczynski, Alexis | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Taylor, E. Laurette | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Heddy, Benjamin | |
dc.date.manuscript | 2017-06 | |
dc.thesis.degree | Ph.D. | en_US |
ou.group | Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education::Department of Educational Psychology | en_US |
shareok.nativefileaccess | restricted | en_US |