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.

该博士论文研究项目对 150 名前美国海军陆战队退伍军人进行了研究，探讨他们从军队生活到平民生活的转变。当研究人员考虑退伍军人重返平民生活时，重点往往是他们的健康以及他们如何融入社会。然而，经常被忽视的一个方面是他们与其他服役人员形成的牢固纽带。这些关系如何影响他们对服役时光的记忆，以及他们如何塑造退伍后的生活？该项目培养了一名人类学研究生，他本人是一名海军陆战队退伍军人，对这一转变拥有独特的视角和视角。该项目对退伍军人社区具有重大、更广泛的影响，特别是在未来海军陆战队退伍军人的过渡过程方面。这项研究的结果不仅对这一特殊的退伍军人群体和研究人类学的研究人员有价值，而且还将与更广泛的海军陆战队社区、海军陆战队国家博物馆、退伍军人事务部 (VA) 和国家博物馆分享。卫生研究院 (NIH)。在更广泛、更详细地研究退伍军人的社会环境和退伍后生活经历时，该项目特别询问退伍军人报告的经历在参加退伍军人团体活动的人和不参加退伍军人团体活动的人之间是否有所不同。方法包括个人和集体的数据收集方法：对退伍军人的代表性样本进行深入访谈，以及参加集体活动，重新审视共同的军事经验。通过这一点，该研究旨在了解退伍军人的不同人生道路和职业如何影响他们如何记忆和解释自己在军队的时光。该项目分析数据，以确定某些健康问题在该群体中的普遍程度、他们退伍后的经历如何改变他们的服役记忆，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。该项目推进了心理人类学中的情感、记忆和归属感理论，特别是在仪式化经验与主观性之间的关系方面。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响进行评估，被认为值得支持审查标准。