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Journal article
The career transition experiences of military Veterans: A qualitative study
Military psychology, Vol.33(6), pp.359-371
02/11/2021
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Abstract
Transitioning out of a military career can be difficult and stressful for Veterans. The purpose of this study was to gain an in-depth understanding of the challenges and needs of career transitioning Veterans. Fifteen United States Veterans from a larger mixed methods research project completed a qualitative semi-structured interview regarding their career transition. Interview questions invited participants to define their transition experience, identify influential psychosocial factors, resources utilized or needed, what it meant to transition out of the military, role changes experienced, and how the participant had adapted to the transition. Emergent thematic analysis revealed 4 themes: 1) it is necessary to actively prepare for the transition; 2) a variety of factors impacted the military career transition process; 3) transitioning out of a military career equated to the loss of structure; and 4) the transition required Veterans to establish themselves outside of the military. Findings from this study identified barriers, desired assistance, and facilitators to the career transition process, which should be considered by those assisting transitioning Veterans and when developing transition-related resources. Continuing to expand on this knowledge will positively impact service members as they exit their military career.
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- Title
- The career transition experiences of military Veterans: A qualitative study
- Creators
- Sarah Shue - Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical CenterMarianne S. Matthias - Indiana UniversityDennis P. Watson - University of Illinois at ChicagoKristine K. Miller - Indiana University – Purdue University IndianapolisNiki Munk - University of Technology Sydney
- Publication Details
- Military psychology, Vol.33(6), pp.359-371
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Identifiers
- 991013035762302368
- Copyright
- This work was authored as part of the Contributor’s official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright protection is available for such works under U.S. Law. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-ncnd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way
- Academic Unit
- National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article