Doctoral Dissertation Research: Psychosocial Dimensions of the Transition to Civilian Life among Former Combat Veterans

博士论文研究：前退伍军人向平民生活过渡的心理社会维度

• 批准号: 2343316
• 负责人: Omar Al-Dewachi
• 金额: $ 3.15万
• 依托单位: Rutgers University New Brunswick
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-02-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2343316&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Psychosocial; Dimensions

This doctoral dissertation research project examines a group of 150 former U.S. Marine Corps combat veterans, exploring their transition from military to civilian life. When researchers have considered veterans transitioning back into civilian life, the focus has tended to be on their health and how they fit back into society. However, one aspect that is often overlooked is the strong bonds they formed with their fellow service members. How do these relationships affect their memories of their time in the service, and how might they shape their lives after the military? The project trains a graduate student in anthropology, himself a Marine combat veteran with unique access and perspective into this transition. The project has significant Broader Impacts for veteran communities, particularly with respect to the transitioning processes of future Marine corps veterans. The findings from this study will not only be valuable to this particular group of veterans and researchers studying anthropology but will also be shared with the wider Marine Corps community, the National Museum of the Marine Corps, the Veterans Affairs (VA), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).In taking a broader and more detailed look at veterans' social milieu and post military life experiences, this project asks specifically whether the experiences that veterans report differ among those who participate in veteran group events and those that do not. Methods include both individual and collective methods of data collection: in-depth interviews with a representative sample of veterans, and participation in group events where shared military experiences are revisited. Through this, the research aims to understand how the different life paths and occupations of veterans affect how they remember and interpret their time in the military. The project analyzes data to ascertain how common certain health issues are in the group, how their experiences after leaving the military change their memories of service, and how ongoing connections with their military comrades influence their transition to civilian life. The project advances theories of affect, memory, and belonging in psychological anthropology, particularly with regard to the relationship between ritualized experience and subjectivity.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该博士学位论文研究项目研究了一组由150名前美国海军陆战队战斗退伍军人组成的，探索了他们从军事生活到平民生活的过渡。当研究人员认为退伍军人过渡到平民生活时，重点往往放在他们的健康状况以及他们如何重新融入社会上。但是，经常被忽略的一个方面是与同伴的牢固纽带。这些关系如何影响他们对服务时间的记忆，以及他们在军队之后如何塑造自己的生活？该项目训练了人类学研究生，他本人是一名海军陆战队退伍军人，具有独特的访问权和观点。该项目对退伍军人社区产生了更大的影响，特别是在未来海军陆战队退伍军人的过渡过程中。这项研究的发现不仅对研究人类学研究人类学的特定资深人士和研究人员将很有价值参加资深小组活动的人和没有参加的报告的报告不同。方法包括个人和集体数据收集方法：与代表性的退伍军人样本进行深入的访谈，并参与重新审视共享军事经验的小组活动。通过此研究，研究旨在了解退伍军人的不同生活路径和职业如何影响他们在军队中的记忆和解释时间。该项目分析了数据，以确定某些健康问题在小组中的普遍性，离开军队后的经历如何改变他们的服务记忆以及与军事同志的持续联系如何影响他们向平民生活的过渡。该项目在心理人类学中推进了情感，记忆和属于情感，记忆和归属的理论，尤其是在仪式化经验和主观性之间的关系方面。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的智力优点和更广泛影响的评估来通过评估来支持的。