Date of Award
8-2013
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Legacy Department
Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management
Committee Chair/Advisor
McGuire, Francis A
Committee Member
Cory , Alison L
Committee Member
Linder , Sandra M
Committee Member
Britt , Thomas W
Abstract
Community reintegration among military service members with physical and psychological injuries sustained during combat has been an emerging issue since the beginning of the Global War on Terror (GWOT) in 2001. Injured service members from the GWOT, including Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation New Dawn, are much more likely to survive their injuries when compared to previous wars such as the Vietnam War and World War II (Holcomb, Stansbury, Champion, Wade, & Bellamy, 2006). Therefore, many more injured service members are receiving physical rehabilitation and mental health services to assist them in transitioning back into their homes and communities. Recent studies have indicated that injured service members are at risk of poor community reintegration (Resnik & Allen, 2007; Resnik, Plow, & Jette, 2009). However, these studies have neglected to account for personal and environmental factors (e.g., contextual factors) that influence community reintegration. These contextual factors have the potential to greatly affect an injured service members ability to reintegrate (Resnik et al., 2012). Therefore, the purpose of this mixed methods study was to identify and explain the influence of contextual factors on community reintegration among service members who have sustained physical and/or psychological injuries while serving in the GWOT.
Recommended Citation
Hawkins, Brent, "THE INFLUENCE OF CONTEXTUAL FACTORS ON COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION AMONG SERVICE MEMBERS INJURED IN THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM" (2013). All Dissertations. 1174.
https://open.clemson.edu/all_dissertations/1174