Gender Differences in the Socioecological Contexts of Veterans Seeking Mental Health Services Following Military Sexual Trauma.

IF 1.1 4区医学 Q3 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Violence and Victims Pub Date : 2025-01-13 DOI:10.1891/VV-2023-0138

Meredith R Boyd, Emily J Blevins, Megha Fatabhoy, Julia L Paulson, Lisa M Valentine, Minden B Sexton

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Military sexual trauma (MST) refers to sexual assault or harassment experienced during military service. Given the high prevalence of MST and negative mental and physical health outcomes that result from MST, Veterans Health Administration has identified a national priority for screening and treatment. An understanding of socioecological contexts of Veterans who seek mental health treatment to address difficulties following MST will support a holistic approach to care. Accordingly, this study contrasted socioecological contexts of Veteran men and women (n = 579) seeking mental health treatment related to MST exposure. Veteran men and women were compared in acknowledgment of systemic gender differences in access to resources. Results revealed Veteran women more frequently endorsed sufficient financial resources, presence of support systems, and desire for additional peer relationships compared with Veteran men. Greater clarity about socioecological contexts of Veterans increases clinicians' abilities to problem-solve for barriers to treatment and reduces gender-related disparities in our understanding of Veterans' needs following MST.

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退伍军人性创伤后寻求心理健康服务的社会生态环境中的性别差异

军性创伤（MST）是指在服兵役期间遭受的性侵犯或性骚扰。鉴于MST的高流行率以及由此导致的消极的精神和身体健康后果，退伍军人健康管理局已确定了筛查和治疗的国家优先事项。了解退伍军人寻求心理健康治疗以解决MST后困难的社会生态背景将支持整体护理方法。因此，本研究对比了退伍军人男性和女性（n = 579）寻求与MST暴露相关的心理健康治疗的社会生态背景。对退伍军人男女进行比较，以确认在获取资源方面存在系统性的性别差异。结果显示，与男性相比，女性退伍军人更倾向于认为自己有足够的经济资源、支持系统的存在以及渴望更多的同伴关系。对退伍军人社会生态背景的更清晰了解，可以提高临床医生解决治疗障碍的能力，并减少我们对退伍军人MST后需求的理解中与性别相关的差异。

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期刊介绍： We all face the difficult problem of understanding and treating the perpetrators and victims of violence behavior. Violence and Victims is the evidence-based resource that informs clinical decisions, legal actions, and public policy. Now celebrating its 25th year, Violence and Victims is a peer-reviewed journal of theory, research, policy, and clinical practice in the area of interpersonal violence and victimization. It seeks to facilitate the exchange of information on this subject across such professional disciplines as psychology, sociology, criminology, law, medicine, nursing, psychiatry, and social work.