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Male war‐zone veterans' perceived relationships with their children: The importance of emotional numbing
Abstract
Despite growing recognition of substantial interpersonal impairment among many war‐zone veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), little is known about the association between PTSD symptomatology and veterans' relationships with their children. This study examined the differential pattern of associations between the symptom clusters of PTSD and the perceived father–child relationships of 66 male Vietnam veterans. Analyses revealed that only the emotional numbing cluster was significantly related to perceived quality of all relationship domains. The association between emotional numbing and perceived relationship quality remained significant in regression analyses even after controlling for fathers' family‐of‐origin stressors, combat exposure, depression, and substance abuse. Findings suggest that emotional numbing may be the component of PTSD most closely linked to interpersonal impairment in war‐zone veterans.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Ruscio, A. M., Weathers, F. W., King, L. A., & King, D. W.
- Affiliations
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Auburn University (US)
- Boston University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Ruscio, Ayelet Meron
- ORCID
- Weathers, Frank W.
- Venue
- Journal of Traumatic Stress
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2002-10
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 351-357
- ISSN
- 0894-9867 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-6598
- OpenAlex
- W2152839056
- Cited by
- 313
- References
- 27
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 16 · 2018: 24 · 2017: 22 · 2016: 13 · 2015: 24 · 2014: 28 · 2013: 26 · 2012: 19
- FWCI
- 3.98
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Traumatic Stress (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (5f31mh012675-04)
- National Center for PTSD, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- National Institute of Mental Health (MH12675)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
- Keywords
- post-traumatic stress disorder, emotional numbing, father-child relationship, Vietnam War veterans, relationship quality, combat exposure, depression, substance abuse
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Child, Child, Preschool, Depressive Disorder, Father-Child Relations, Humans, Infant, Male, Middle Aged, Regression Analysis, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Veterans, Warfare, Mood Disorders, Substance-Related Disorders
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