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Social Support Networks for Vietnam Veterans: A Typology of Social Relations.


PB2019100327

Publication Date 2018
Page Count 32
Abstract Social support is one known protective factor in mitigating the negative consequences of combat. Relationships with others who share similar combat experiences are perceived to provide meaningful social support. This study applied Social Network Analysis (SNA) to evaluate the effectiveness of the social support available to Vietnam combat veterans who affiliate with experimentally similar others in Veteran Service Organizations (VSOs).
Keywords
  • Vietnam veterans
  • Social relations
  • Social Network Analysis (SNA)
  • Veteran Service Organizations (VSOs)
  • Combat
  • TriService Nursing Research Program(TSRNP)
Source Agency
  • TriService Nursing Research Program/Uniform Services Univ. of the Health Sciences
NTIS Subject Category
  • 74 - Military Sciences
  • 74G - Military Operations, Strategy, & Tactics
Corporate Authors Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Rockville, MD.; TriService Nursing Research Program, Bethesda, MD.
Document Type Technical Report
Title Note Final rept. August 2016 - August 2018.
NTIS Issue Number 201911
Social Support Networks for Vietnam Veterans: A Typology of Social Relations.
Social Support Networks for Vietnam Veterans: A Typology of Social Relations.
PB2019100327

  • Vietnam veterans
  • Social relations
  • Social Network Analysis (SNA)
  • Veteran Service Organizations (VSOs)
  • Combat
  • TriService Nursing Research Program(TSRNP)
  • TriService Nursing Research Program/Uniform Services Univ. of the Health Sciences
  • 74 - Military Sciences
  • 74G - Military Operations, Strategy, & Tactics
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