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Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans' Experiences of Habituation to Pain, Perceived Burdensomeness, and Failed Belongingness

NCT01334385 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 35

Last updated 2011-04-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Veterans possess significant risk factors for self-directed violence (SDV). For example, depressed Veterans are at a greater risk for SDV than the general population. Although depressed male Veterans die by suicide at a higher rate than do their female counterparts (Zivin et al., 2007), female Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) Veterans are at higher risk for depression than males (Seal et al., 2009). Joiner's (2005) theory states that suicidal individuals (a) perceive themselves to be unbearable burdens onto others; (b) view their efforts at establishing and maintaining social connections as having been thwarted or failed; and (c) have developed the ability to engage in SDV due to from increased habituation to pain. This two-part study uses semi-structured interviews in an effort to determine the extent to which Joiner's theory is applicable to OEF/OIF Veterans. Part I of this study, which has been completed, assessed the components of this theory among primarily male OEF/OIF Veterans. Part II of this study is assessing this theory's components among female OEF/OIF Veterans. Participants were recruited from the female OEF/OIF Veteran population receiving services through the Eastern Colorado Health Care System (ECHCS). Comparisons across the interview responses will be made to identify commonalities among the participants' experiences.

Conditions

  • Suicide

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Colorado, Denver

    collaborator OTHER

  • Portland State University

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Missouri, Kansas City

    collaborator OTHER

  • VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Lisa A Brenner, Ph.D., ABPP · VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
55 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-03-31
Completion
2010-11-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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