Open AccessThe impact of military sexual trauma and warfare exposure on women veterans’ perinatal outcomes.
Author(s) -
Yael I. Nillni,
Annie B. Fox,
Koriann Cox,
Emilie Paul,
Dawne Vogt,
Tara E. Galovski
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
psychological trauma
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.059
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1942-9681
pISSN - 1942-969X
DOI - 10.1037/tra0001095
Subject(s) - medicine , population , anxiety , pregnancy , psycinfo , military personnel , low birth weight , psychiatry , demography , obstetrics , environmental health , medline , genetics , sociology , political science , law , biology
In the general population, history of trauma is associated with a range of adverse perinatal outcomes, which have long-term negative consequences for both mother and child. Research examining the impact of trauma, particularly trauma occurring during military service, on perinatal outcomes among women veterans is still in its nascence. The current study examined if warfare exposure and military sexual trauma (MST) contributed unique variance to the prediction of a broad range of adverse perinatal outcomes (i.e., preterm birth, full-term birth, infant birth weight, postpartum depression and/or anxiety).