I'm About to Explode, I'm About to Strangle: Emotional Experiences of Turkish Veterans and Their Spouses Diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

dc.authoridER, Filiz/0000-0001-5065-3809
dc.authoridDUYAN, VELI/0000-0003-4316-5756
dc.contributor.authorEr, Filiz
dc.contributor.authorDuyan, Veli
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-23T19:34:40Z
dc.date.available2025-03-23T19:34:40Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.departmentSinop Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractIntroductionThe aim of this study is to examine in depth the experiences of Turkish veterans diagnosed with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and their spouses in the dimension of affective development in the light of their trauma experiences with a qualitative design and phenomenological approach.MethodsThe study group of the research consisted of 21 veterans diagnosed with PTSD and accepted as veterans, and the spouses of the 21 veterans. The data of the study were collected through in-depth interviews with the participants used a semi-structured interview form (Appendix). Data analyses were performed used the MAXQDA 2020 software.ResultsStudy, the main themes determined as pretraumatic positive emotions and posttraumatic negative emotions. There were 4 themes under negative emotions after trauma and 24 sub-themes under 4 themes.Discussion and conclusionAs a result of the study, it was understood that trauma experience and PTSD affect the affective development dimension of veterans and their spouses at different levels, and these effects have negative elements. According to these findings, it was determined that veterans and their spouses need psychosocial services that address the affective development dimension.
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/26408066.2023.2213231
dc.identifier.endpage799
dc.identifier.issn2640-8066
dc.identifier.issn2640-8074
dc.identifier.issue6
dc.identifier.pmid37843265
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85159592867
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.startpage780
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2023.2213231
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11486/5702
dc.identifier.volume20
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000989106600001
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Inc
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Evidence-Based Social Work
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20250323
dc.subjectTrauma
dc.subjectPosttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
dc.subjectEmotional development dimension
dc.titleI'm About to Explode, I'm About to Strangle: Emotional Experiences of Turkish Veterans and Their Spouses Diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
dc.typeArticle

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