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Using data compiled from longitudinal studies of World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War veterans, contributors to this groundbreaking book examine the effects of military service across the lifespan.
The US spends over billion dollars annually on healthcare for more than 3 million active military and veterans. The prevalence of negative trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among military veterans is well-known. But other more subtle effects of military service-particularly on health and well-being in later life-are less well-understood, among researchers as well as medical and mental health professionals who care for veterans.
Chapters in this book give us crucial insights into the impact of military service, including the surprising finding that service can serve as a protective factor in some contexts, throughout the aging process. Topic areas include the effects of combat and stress on longevity and brain functioning the use of memory, cognition, and ego development at various points in life the relationship between experiences of discrimination and the later development of PTSD marriage longevity employment and the way notions of patriotism and nationalism among service personnel and their families may change over time.
Contents
Contributors
Preface
Introduction: Understanding the Long-Term Outcomes of Military Service
Avron Spiro III, Richard A. Settersten Jr., and Carolyn M. Aldwin
Part I. Psychosocial Dynamics
Chapter . Two Faces of Wartime Experience: Collective Memories and Veterans amp rsquo Appraisals in Later Life
Richard A. Settersten Jr., Claudia Recksiedler, Bethany Godlewski, and Glen H. Elder Jr.
Chapter 2. Midlife Ego Development of World War II Veterans: Contributions of Personality Traits and Combat Exposure in Young Adulthood
Johanna C. Malone, Laura M. L. Distel, and Robert J. Waldinger
Chapter 3. Perceived Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Discrimination Among Male and Female Vietnam-Era Veterans and PTSD Symptoms Later in Life
Daniel H. Kabat, Steven D. Stellman, and Jeanne Mager Stellman
Chapter 4. Using a Life Course Perspective to Examine the Prevalence of Marriage in Military Families
Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth, Sarah Mustillo, Anthony J. Faber, and Abigail Tolhurst Christiansen
Chapter 5. Labor Force Participation Among Older Veterans
Alair MacLean, Meredith A. Kleykamp, and John Robert Warren
Chapter . Nationalism and Patriotism Among World War II Veterans and Their Baby-Boom Children
Merril Silverstein, Andrew S. London, and Janet M. Wilmoth
Part II. Health Dynamics
Chapter 7. Military Service Experiences and Older Men amp rsquo s Trajectories of Self-Rated Health
Janet M. Wilmoth, Andrew S. London, and William J. Oliver
Chapter 8. Studying Longitudinal Links From Early Adult Adversity to Later-Life Well-Being: American Repatriated Prisoners of the Vietnam War
Lewina O. Lee, Avron Spiro III, Anna L. Tyzik, Daniel W. King, and Lynda A. King
Chapter 9. The Impact of Military Service on Stress, Health, and Well-Being in Later Life
Carolyn M. Aldwin, Crystal L. Park, Soyoung Choun, and Hyunyup Lee
Chapter . Exploring the Veteran Mortality Differential: The Influence of War Era and Smoking Behavior
Scott D. Landes, Monika Ardelt, and Ann T. Landes
Chapter . Military Service and Changes in Memory Performance During Later Life
Robert S. Stawski, Meghann L. Fenn, Chenkai Wu, and Gwenith G. Fisher
Chapter 2. Long-Term Influences of Combat Exposure and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms on Brain Structure, Health, and Functioning: The Vietnam Era Twin Study of Aging
Carol E. Franz, Michael J. Lyons, and William S. Kremen
Chapter 3. The Effect of Combat and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder on Longevity
George E. Vaillant and Diane Highum Vaillant
Part III. Implications for Practice and Policy
Chapter 4. Mental Health Considerations and Service Utilization in Older Adult Nonveterans and Veterans
Anica Pless Kaiser, Joan M. Cook, Joyce Wang, Eve Davison, and Paula P. Schnurr
Chapter 5. Aging Veterans and Long-Term Outcomes of Military Service: Implications for Practice and Policy
Richard A. Settersten Jr., Carolyn M. Aldwin, and Avron Spiro III
Index
About the Editors
