The Impact of Active Service on the Intimate Relationships of British Royal Naval Veterans of the Falklands War

Susan Iacovou; Chloe Paidoussis-Mitchell

The Impact of Active Service on the Intimate Relationships of British Royal Naval Veterans of the Falklands War

Authors

Susan Iacovou Author
Chloe Paidoussis-Mitchell Author

Keywords:

PTSD, trauma, military, Royal Navy, veterans, Falklands War, posttraumatic growth, relationships.

Abstract

Nine Royal Navy Falklands War veterans took part in this study conducted using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Three meta-themes and ten themes illustrate the participants’ psychological journey. The study posits that confrontation with existential givens mediates between active service and posttraumatic stress/growth and proposes a tentative existential model for PTSD.