THE FEELING OF STRESS AND QUALITY OF SPONSES RELATIONS AMONG WIVES OF SOLDIERS PARTICIPATING IN OVERSEAS MILITARY MISSIONS

Authors

  • Magdalena Tomaszewska Polish Air Force University
  • Wioleta Tomczyk Polish Air Force University

Keywords:

stress, PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), the relationship of marriage, military missions

Abstract

The main purpose of the article is to attract attention to the situation of wives of soldiers who took past in overseas military missions. The two issues, e.g. the quality of sponses relations and the subjective feeling of stress lie in the authors' interests. The research concerned the relationship between the participation in the military mission of one of the surveyed and their intensification of PTSD symptoms and the shift in the estimation of the quality of the sponses' relations. Furthermore, we hypothes the intensification of the subjective of stress among both partners after the soldier's return from the mission. We questioned twenty-one wives whose husbands served in overseas missions.

Published

2018-03-30

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Section

Articles