TY - JOUR
T1 - Battling on the Home Front
T2 - Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Conflict Behavior Among Military Couples
AU - Knobloch-Fedders, Lynne M.
AU - Caska-Wallace, Catherine
AU - Smith, Timothy W.
AU - Renshaw, Keith
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016
PY - 2017/3/1
Y1 - 2017/3/1
N2 - This study evaluated interpersonal behavior differences among male military service members with and without PTSD and their female partners. Couples (N = 64) completed a 17-minute videotaped conflict discussion, and their interaction behavior was coded using the circumplex-based Structural Analysis of Social Behavior model (SASB; Benjamin, 1979, 1987, 2000). Within couples, the behavior of partners was very similar. Compared to military couples without PTSD, couples with PTSD displayed more interpersonal hostility and control. Couples with PTSD also exhibited more sulking, blaming, and controlling behavior, and less affirming and connecting behavior, than couples without PTSD. Results advance our understanding of the relational impacts of PTSD on military service members and their partners, and underscore the value of couple-based interventions for PTSD in the context of relationship distress.
AB - This study evaluated interpersonal behavior differences among male military service members with and without PTSD and their female partners. Couples (N = 64) completed a 17-minute videotaped conflict discussion, and their interaction behavior was coded using the circumplex-based Structural Analysis of Social Behavior model (SASB; Benjamin, 1979, 1987, 2000). Within couples, the behavior of partners was very similar. Compared to military couples without PTSD, couples with PTSD displayed more interpersonal hostility and control. Couples with PTSD also exhibited more sulking, blaming, and controlling behavior, and less affirming and connecting behavior, than couples without PTSD. Results advance our understanding of the relational impacts of PTSD on military service members and their partners, and underscore the value of couple-based interventions for PTSD in the context of relationship distress.
KW - PTSD
KW - Structural Analysis of Social Behavior
KW - couples
KW - interpersonal behavior
KW - military
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U2 - 10.1016/j.beth.2016.08.014
DO - 10.1016/j.beth.2016.08.014
M3 - Article
C2 - 28270334
AN - SCOPUS:85006809823
SN - 0005-7894
VL - 48
SP - 247
EP - 261
JO - Behavior Therapy
JF - Behavior Therapy
IS - 2
ER -