The military life is full of excitement, adventure, challenges, and danger.
It also comes with its own set of difficulties that can be difficult to handle for both soldiers and their families. One...
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: Managing competing attachment needs: how military life affects relationships and what you can do about it
Soldiers experience intense mental and physical challenges during combat, which affect their emotional and social lives. They are trained to be alert and vigilant at all times, ready for action, and...
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: The paradoxical struggle: overcoming trauma and intimacy in soldier lives
Reconciling attachment needs with learned behaviors of self-protection in operational contexts can be challenging for military personnel. While emotional attachment is necessary to foster close...
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: Developing meaningful connections while balancing survival instincts in highstress settings
Soldiers have to face many challenges during their time in service. One challenge is managing conflicting attachment needs while deployed in high-pressure operational environments. Attachment needs...
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: Sexy strategies: how soldiers balance intimate bonds with military duty
To begin understanding how soldiers deal with cognitive dissonance between their attachment needs and environmental constraints on intimacy, one must first consider what it means to have an...
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: Sexuality, intimacy, relationships, and cognitive dissonance: how soldiers manage their needs in deployment
Soldiers encounter many challenges in their daily operations, including ethical dilemmas, operational stress, and attachment needs. These situations are often accompanied by relational ambiguity,...
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: Overcoming challenges: how military operatives navigate ethical dilemmas, relational ambiguity and attachment needs
The anticipation of potentially life-threatening events can have a significant impact on human behavior and cognitive functioning, particularly when it comes to attachment behavior. When faced with...
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: Anticipating potential life threats and how it impacts relationships
Soldiers are required to follow strict rules and regulations set by their respective military organization. These rules include adhering to chain of command, being loyal to one's superiors, following...
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: Sex / instant download sexual intimacy in the military: navigating romance & professionalism on the battlefield
What is relational ambivalence?
Relational ambivalence refers to mixed feelings towards close romantic partners, friends, family members, work colleagues, and social groups. It is common among...
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: Relationship ambivalence: how to manage mixed feelings with loved ones after military service
The life of a soldier involves balancing personal autonomy, attachment needs, and operational responsibilities. Personal autonomy refers to the ability to make independent decisions without external...
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: A study on how autonomy, attachment needs and operational responsibilities challenge sexuality in military life