%0 Journal Article
%T Veteran Evolution: Re-Classifying the Military and Veterans as Independent Cultures
%A Kevin Cameron
%J Advances in Applied Sociology
%P 47-95
%@ 2165-4336
%D 2023
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/aasoci.2023.131005
%X Military Service Members and Veterans are not the same<span style=\"white-space:normal;\"><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">. This study sought to develop culturally appropriate operational definitions for Veterans by evaluating available literature, preferred self-identification, and cultural context. Previous research </span></span><span style=\"white-space: normal;\" color:#943634;\"=\"\"><a href=\"file:///C:/Users/test8/Desktop/%E7%BD%91%E6%8C%82/AASOCI13.1-%E7%BD%91%E6%8C%82%EF%BC%885%EF%BC%89/5-2291413.docx#R45\">(</a><a href=\"#ref45\">Freed, 2019</a><a href=\"file:///C:/Users/test8/Desktop/%E7%BD%91%E6%8C%82/AASOCI13.1-%E7%BD%91%E6%8C%82%EF%BC%885%EF%BC%89/5-2291413.docx#R45\">;</a></span><span style=\"white-space:normal;\"><span style=\"font-family:\" color:#e36c0a;\"=\"\"> </span></span><span style=\"white-space: normal;\" color:#943634;\"=\"\"><a href=\"#ref109\">Tanielian &amp; Tanielian, 2014</a><a href=\"file:///C:/Users/test8/Desktop/%E7%BD%91%E6%8C%82/AASOCI13.1-%E7%BD%91%E6%8C%82%EF%BC%885%EF%BC%89/5-2291413.docx#R109\">)</a></span><span style=\"white-space:normal;\"><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> identified that mental health providers need to be culturally competent to treat Veterans effectively. Cultural competence impacts the development of therapeutic rapport and treatment outcomes. The classified nature of the military facilitates a deficit of knowledge and resources for researchers resulting in varying and culturally inaccurate defining terminology resulting in the terms ˇ°militaryˇ±</span></span><span style=\"white-space:normal;\"><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">,</span></span><span style=\"white-space:normal;\"><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> ˇ°service memberˇ±</span></span><span style=\"white-space:normal;\"><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">,</span></span><span style=\"white-space:normal;\"><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> and ˇ°veteranˇ± used interchangeably in research for Veterans and members of the military </span></span><span style=\"white-space: normal;\" color:#943634;\"=\"\"><a href=\"file:///C:/Users/test8/Desktop/%E7%BD%91%E6%8C%82/AASOCI13.1-%E7%BD%91%E6%8C%82%EF%BC%885%EF%BC%89/5-2291413.docx#R93\">(</a><a href=\"#ref93\">Randles &amp; Finnegan, 2021</a><a href=\"file:///C:/Users/test8/Desktop/%E7%BD%91%E6%8C%82/AASOCI13.1-%E7%BD%91%E6%8C%82%EF%BC%885%EF%BC%89/5-2291413.docx#R93\">)</a></span><span style=\"white-space:normal;\"><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">. The study evaluated the relationship between how research modeled Veterans, the relationship between the criteria of
%K Veteran
%K Military
%K Culture
%K PTSD
%K VA
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=122695