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Title: Non-Combat Military Service in the United States and its Effects on Depression
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Whyman, Mira Lemmon, Megan Teachman, Jay D. |
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Non-Combat Military Service in the United States and its Effects on Depression Presented: San Diego, CA, Medical Sociology Undergraduate Roundtable Session, Pacific Sociological Association meeting, April, 2009 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Pacific Sociological Association Keyword(s): Depression (see also CESD); Marriage; Military Service; Undergraduate Research Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Scheduled for presentation at the Western Washington University, Scholars Week--Sociology Program, May, 2009. A large body of research has established that military service can have a negative effect on soldiers, especially when they have been exposed to combat, resulting in PTSD and a wide range of other mental health problems. However, very little research examines what positive effect non-combat military service can have on mental health, and more specifically depression. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) we show that men who serve on active duty, and do not see combat, are less likely to experience depression than their civilian and reserve duty counterparts. We suggest that it is the high level of social support available to men serving on active duty that buffers the stresses they experience and therefore reduces the likelihood of an individual developing depression. In addition, veterans enjoy more advantages family life course histories. |
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Whyman, Mira, Megan Lemmon and Jay D. Teachman. "Non-Combat Military Service in the United States and its Effects on Depression." Presented: San Diego, CA, Medical Sociology Undergraduate Roundtable Session, Pacific Sociological Association meeting, April, 2009. |