@article{ref1,
title="Do military veteran and civilian students function differently in college?",
journal="Journal of American college health",
year="2016",
author="Smith, James G. and Vilhauer, Ruvanee P. and Chafos, Vanessa",
volume="65",
number="1",
pages="76-79",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: We sought to assess military veterans' functioning in college by comparing their experience to that of civilian students. PARTICIPANTS: The study, conducted from April, 2012 to February, 2013, included 445 civilian and 61 student service member/veteran (SSM/V) undergraduates, drawn from a community college and two four-year Catholic colleges, in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. <br><br>METHODS: Participants completed anonymous online surveys. Six areas of functioning in transition to college were examined: Health, Fitting In, Emotional Adjustment, Productivity, Perceived Career Support, and Social Engagement. <br><br>RESULTS: Students, both SSM/V and civilian, with past exposure to a potentially traumatic event fit in worse than students without such exposure. Past exposure to trauma was associated with poorer emotional adjustment in civilian students, but not in SSM/V. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Implications of results were discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0744-8481",
doi="10.1080/07448481.2016.1245193",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2016.1245193"
}