Sexual Assault in the Military

Sexual assault in the military.

Military sexual assault is a pervasive problem throughout the military services, despite numerous initiatives to end it. No doubt the military's lack of progress stems from the complexity of sexual assaults, yet in order to develop effective strategies and programs to end sexual assault, deep understanding and appreciation of these complexities are needed. In this paper, we describe the root ca...

Functional correlates of military sexual assault in male veterans.

Despite research findings that similar numbers of male and female veterans are affected by military sexual trauma (MST), there has been considerably less research on the effects of MST specific to male veterans. The aim of the present study was to provide preliminary data describing functional correlates of military sexual assault (MSA) among male Iraq/Afghanistan-era veterans to identify poten...

Lifetime sexual assault and cervical cytologic abnormalities among military women.

BACKGROUND Little is known about the reproductive health of military women. This study sought to determine women Veterans' competing risk factors, including life span sexual assault (LSA) exposures, associated with recent and lifetime cervical cytologic abnormalities. METHODS This cross-sectional study of a retrospective cohort of 999 Midwestern Veterans (enrolled in the VA) included computer...

Combat deployment is associated with sexual harassment or sexual assault in a large, female military cohort.

BACKGROUND Previous studies have examined the prevalence, risk factors, and health correlates of sexual stressors in the military, but have been limited to specific subpopulations. Furthermore, little is known about sexual stressors' occurrence and their correlates in relation to female troops deployed to the current operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. METHODS Using longitudinal data from Mil...

Sexual assault in the U.S. military: A review of the literature and recommendations for the future