2023
The Effect of Military Sexual Trauma on Competitive Employment Status Following Veterans Health Administration Supported Employment Services
Gross GM, Kaczynski R, Resnick S. The Effect of Military Sexual Trauma on Competitive Employment Status Following Veterans Health Administration Supported Employment Services. Psychological Services 2023, 20: 196-201. PMID: 35225642, DOI: 10.1037/ser0000635.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMilitary sexual traumaVeterans Health AdministrationHigh-risk groupEffects of MSTMental health treatmentSexual traumaCompetitive employmentElectronic health recordsMST screenMedical comorbiditiesAdjusted analysisPsychiatric comorbiditySupported Employment ServicesMedical recordsTrauma-informed careMST historyHealth treatmentHealth AdministrationHealth recordsCompetitive employment outcomesLower likelihoodTreatment planningComorbiditiesVeteransTrauma
2020
Perceived Stress Mediates the Association between Deployment Sexual Trauma and Nicotine Dependence in Women Veterans
Gross GM, Colon R, Bastian LA, Hoff R. Perceived Stress Mediates the Association between Deployment Sexual Trauma and Nicotine Dependence in Women Veterans. Women's Health Issues 2020, 30: 214-220. PMID: 32317136, DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2020.03.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNicotine dependenceWomen veteransSexual traumaBaseline interview dataRates of smokingCross-sectional associationsRelated health consequencesDeleterious health outcomesPerceived stressMilitary sexual traumaRisk factorsTobacco useHayes mediation modelHealth outcomesClinical targetsHealth consequencesTraumaVeteran sampleSmokingVeteransAssociationPresent studySurvey of experiencesCivilian counterpartsSignificant mediatorSex Differences in Military Sexual Trauma and Severe Self-Directed Violence
Gross GM, Ronzitti S, Combellick JL, Decker SE, Mattocks KM, Hoff RA, Haskell SG, Brandt CA, Goulet JL. Sex Differences in Military Sexual Trauma and Severe Self-Directed Violence. American Journal Of Preventive Medicine 2020, 58: 675-682. PMID: 32037020, DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2019.12.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMilitary sexual traumaSelf-directed violenceSexual traumaWomen veteransCox proportional hazards regression modelVeterans Health Administration (VHA) careProportional hazards regression modelsHazards regression modelsOperations Enduring Freedom/Iraqi Freedom/New Dawn veteransPsychiatric morbidityNew Dawn veteransSuicide attemptsBivariate analysisPreventative effortsTraumaWomenMenSex differencesVeteransRiskRegression modelsDemographic variablesSevere selfHospitalizationMorbidity
2019
Meaning in life following deployment sexual trauma: Prediction of posttraumatic stress symptoms, depressive symptoms, and suicidal ideation
Gross GM, Laws H, Park CL, Hoff R, Hoffmire CA. Meaning in life following deployment sexual trauma: Prediction of posttraumatic stress symptoms, depressive symptoms, and suicidal ideation. Psychiatry Research 2019, 278: 78-85. PMID: 31158725, DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2019.05.037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress disorderSuicidal ideationDepressive symptomsPosttraumatic stress symptomsImportant clinical factorsBaseline interview dataCross-sectional associationsDeleterious mental health outcomesSexual traumaStress symptomsMental health outcomesMental health consequencesClinical factorsHayes mediation modelHealth outcomesSymptomsHealth consequencesProtective factorsStress disorderPoints of interventionTraumaVeteran sampleSI severityCombat traumaDecreased sense