The mediating role of social support in associations between childhood adversity, military sexual trauma, and homelessness in a nationally representative sample of US veterans

IF 2 3区 心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Nicole Bulanchuk, Emily Edwards, Robert H. Pietrzak, Jack Tsai
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Abstract

Among veterans, availability of social support and histories of military sexual trauma (MST) and/or adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are particularly salient correlates of homelessness. Using path analyses, we investigated whether social support (i.e., interpersonal social support and community integration) would at least partially account for the relationships of MST and ACEs with any lifetime homelessness in a large, nationally representative sample of veterans (N = 4069, 9.8% female). Interpersonal social support and community integration partially explained the relationship between ACEs and any lifetime homelessness. However, they did not mediate the relationship between MST and any lifetime homelessness. Female veterans also reported higher trauma rates and lower perceived social support than male counterparts during correlational analyses. These results reinforce existing literature on the importance of research and interventions tailored to veterans with low social support and integration. Results have potential to inform interventions and policy for veterans experiencing and/or at risk for homelessness.

在具有全国代表性的美国退伍军人样本中,社会支持在童年逆境、军队性创伤和无家可归之间的关联中起到了中介作用。
在退伍军人中,社会支持的可获得性以及军队性创伤(MST)和/或不良童年经历(ACE)的历史是无家可归问题特别突出的相关因素。通过路径分析,我们研究了社会支持(即人际社会支持和社区融合)是否至少能部分解释 MST 和 ACE 与具有全国代表性的大型退伍军人样本(样本数 = 4069,9.8% 为女性)中任何终生无家可归者之间的关系。人际社会支持和社区融合部分解释了 ACE 与终生无家可归之间的关系。但是,它们并没有调解创伤后和无家可归与终生无家可归之间的关系。在相关分析中,女性退伍军人也报告了比男性退伍军人更高的创伤率和更低的社会支持感知。这些结果加强了现有文献对针对社会支持和融入程度低的退伍军人进行研究和干预的重要性的认识。这些结果有可能为针对经历和/或面临无家可归风险的退伍军人的干预措施和政策提供参考。
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Community Psychology is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to research, evaluation, assessment and intervention, and review articles that deal with human behavior in community settings. Articles of interest include descriptions and evaluations of service programs and projects, studies of youth, parenting, and family development, methodology and design for work in the community, the interaction of groups in the larger community, and criminals and corrections.
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