TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Combat exposure undermines student veterans' achievement of a meaningful life through its association with health-related symptoms: a longitudinal study
JO  - Journal of American college health
A1  - Kinney, Adam R.
A1  - Schmid, Arlene A.
A1  - Henry, Kimberly L.
A1  - Douglas Coatsworth, J.
A1  - Eakman, Aaron M.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - <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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0744-8481
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2019.1656637
ID  - ref1
ER  -