Featured Publications
Understanding Gender Differences in Resilience Among Veterans: Trauma History and Social Ecology
Portnoy GA, Relyea MR, Decker S, Shamaskin‐Garroway A, Driscoll M, Brandt CA, Haskell SG. Understanding Gender Differences in Resilience Among Veterans: Trauma History and Social Ecology. Journal Of Traumatic Stress 2018, 31: 845-855. PMID: 30431668, DOI: 10.1002/jts.22341.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMilitary sexual traumaTrauma exposureTraumatic eventsTrauma typesCombat exposureResilience scoresSexual abuseSocial supportTraumatic Life Events QuestionnaireStranger violencePoor psychological outcomesLife Events QuestionnaireUnexpected traumaInterpersonal violenceGender differencesHierarchical linear regressionGreater social supportNoninterpersonal traumaPsychological resilienceInterpersonal traumaDeployment preparednessPsychological outcomesSexual traumaSocial-ecological frameworkTrauma history
2024
Child Maltreatment, Adult Trauma, and Mental Health Symptoms Among Women Veterans: A Scoping Review of Published Quantitative Research
Presseau C, Carney J, Kline N, Grimshaw A, DeMoss L, Gunderson C, Portnoy G. Child Maltreatment, Adult Trauma, and Mental Health Symptoms Among Women Veterans: A Scoping Review of Published Quantitative Research. Trauma Violence & Abuse 2024, 25: 3020-3036. PMID: 38468375, DOI: 10.1177/15248380241234345.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdult trauma exposureMental health symptomsTrauma exposureWomen veteransChild maltreatmentHealth symptomsAdult traumaScoping reviewMental healthExposure to child maltreatmentPosttraumatic stress symptomatologySample of women veteransLifetime trauma exposureInfluence of child maltreatmentVeterans' mental healthU.S. women veteransStress symptomatologySelf-reported survey dataPeer-reviewed journalsConvenience sampleMaltreatmentUnique articlesDatabase inceptionPublished quantitative researchRepresentative sample
2017
Trauma Exposure, PTSD Symptoms, and Presenting Clinical Problems Among Male Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence
Semiatin J, Torres S, LaMotte A, Portnoy G, Murphy C. Trauma Exposure, PTSD Symptoms, and Presenting Clinical Problems Among Male Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence. Psychology Of Violence 2017, 7: 91-100. DOI: 10.1037/vio0000041.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTrauma exposurePTSD symptomsPosttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomsAlcohol problemsImplications of traumaPTSD symptom levelsTraumatic event exposurePTSD symptom clustersMultiple trauma exposuresCurrent PTSD symptomsTrauma-informed interventionsIntimate partner violence perpetratorsPartner-violent menGeneral violencePartner violence perpetratorsDrug usePsychological aggressionMale intimate partner violence perpetratorsRelationship maladjustmentEvent exposureDisorder symptomsRelationship dysfunctionRelationship abuseRelationship problemsUnique association