Sexual experiences can have a significant impact on soldiers' emotional intelligence and interpersonal effectiveness. Emotional intelligence is an individual's ability to recognize, understand, and...
Soldiers experience intense emotions during war, including strong feelings of love and desire. This can lead to physical and emotional intimacy that may have lasting impacts on their lives after the...
Partners can maintain trust through open communication, active listening, and consistent affectionate behavior even when their soldier partner's emotions are unpredictable.
Trust is an essential...
Attachment is the emotional bond that develops between an infant and their primary caregiver. It involves feelings of security, comfort, trust, and safety. Traumatic wartime experiences can disrupt...
How do repeated experiences of loss shift soldiers' emotional priorities and attachment patterns?
Repeated exposure to trauma, death, violence, and loss can have profound impacts on a soldier's...
Repeated exposure to trauma can lead to significant changes in an individual's perception of relational risk, ethical responsibility, and sexual safety. This can affect how individuals interact with...
The psychological impact of war is well documented, but there is much less known about how it affects the relationships between soldiers who return home after serving. One major concern for soldiers...
Internalized stigma is a term used to describe when an individual believes negative societal attitudes towards a particular group or trait that they identify with.
If someone identifies as LGBTQ+,...
In what ways do traumatic experiences distort the temporal dimension of intimacy, creating cycles of emotional acceleration or avoidance?
Trauma is often defined as an experience that causes...
The concept of "chronic hyper-vigilance" refers to an increased state of alertness that is maintained for extended periods of time, beyond what would normally be expected under typical circumstances....