@article{ref1,
title="Combat exposure undermines student veterans' achievement of a meaningful life through its association with health-related symptoms: a longitudinal study",
journal="Journal of American college health",
year="2019",
author="Kinney, Adam R. and Schmid, Arlene A. and Henry, Kimberly L. and Douglas Coatsworth, J. and Eakman, Aaron M.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="<b>Objective:</b> To understand whether symptoms of health conditions explain the negative association between combat exposure and student Veterans' achievement of a meaningful life. <b>Participants:</b> 153 combat Veterans enrolled in college between November 2013 and April 2018. <b>Methods:</b> Through an online survey, participants reported combat exposure, health status (symptoms of conditions such as depression), and aspects of a meaningful life (belonging, self-understanding, and doing) at two time points. Path analysis was used to explore whether baseline health status mediated the relationship between combat exposure and belonging, self-understanding, and doing at follow-up. <b>Results:</b> Indirect effects indicated that the negative influence of combat on student Veterans' sense of belonging, self-understanding, and doing at follow-up was mediated by poor health at baseline. <b>Conclusions:</b> Combat exposure may contribute to the development of health conditions, which in turn limit student Veterans' experience of three aspects of a meaningful life: a sense of belonging, self-understanding, and doing.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0744-8481",
doi="10.1080/07448481.2019.1656637",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2019.1656637"
}