The Impact of Active Service on the Intimate Relationships of British Royal Naval Veterans of the Falklands War
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https://doi.org/10.65828/j3xme917Keywords:
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.
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