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The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore the lived postdeployment experiences of U.S. women veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and their perception of the impact their diagnosis had on their immediate families. The theoretical framework was Heider's causal attribution theory. The first two research questions directly addressed the purpose of the study, and the third research question addressed each participant's experience with accessing mental healthcare services. NVivo was used to transcribe, code, and analyze data derived from semistructured interviews with six U.S. women veterans who were diagnosed with PTSD by a licensed mental health professional postdeployment. Findings emerged PTSD diagnosis, U.S. women veterans experienced effects of PTSD on themselves and their immediate family members, access challenges to mental health care services. Eight subordinate themes (codes) also emerged history of traumatic events during active duty (i.e., sexual assault);communicative challenges, elevated verbal exchanges/angry outbursts with immediate family members;lengthy process of claims to begin Veterans Affairs mental health services, prescription medication to treat PTSD symptoms;denied mental health care services due to peacetime service;desire for improved U.S. women veterans' mental health care services;anxiety/panic attacks;and difficulty rescheduling therapy sessions and/or distractible teletherapy sessions due to Covid-19 pandemic. The positive social change implications include increasing awareness for the need of rapid response and access to mental health care services for U.S. women veterans living with PTSD. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
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Purpose: Scholars have concentrated their efforts on COVID-19's impact on industries worldwide in order to manage timely supply chain disruptions. Epidemic outbursts are a unique supply chain risk that is distinguished by prolonged disruption propagation, disruption existence, and high uncertainty. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of R&D investment and firm performance in mediating the relationship between disruption risk and supply chain performance in Pakistani manufacturing industries and supply chain employees during the recovery phase of the COVID-19 pandemic via application of dynamic capability theory. Methodology: From July 21 to August 23, 2020, three hundred and eighteen employees from supply chains of manufacturing industries in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan, participated in this cross-sectional online web-based survey. The four standard research scales were used to examine the research and development, disruption risk, firm, and supply chain performance. The response link was distributed to respondents via Facebook, WhatsApp, and email. The data was analyzed using structural equation modelling and a partial least squares technique in the study. Results: The study's findings suggest that disruption risk, research and development investment, and firm performance all improve supply chain performance, but the mediation effect is unsupported by the data. These measures help to plan a better supply chain in the face of disruption risk, and they provide one of the timely empirical conclusions on the role of R&D investment in mitigating risk disruptions and improving supply chain performance
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore the lived postdeployment experiences of U.S. women veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and their perception of the impact their diagnosis had on their immediate families. The theoretical framework was Heider's causal attribution theory. The first two research questions directly addressed the purpose of the study, and the third research question addressed each participant's experience with accessing mental healthcare services. NVivo was used to transcribe, code, and analyze data derived from semistructured interviews with six U.S. women veterans who were diagnosed with PTSD by a licensed mental health professional postdeployment. Findings emerged PTSD diagnosis, U.S. women veterans experienced effects of PTSD on themselves and their immediate family members, access challenges to mental health care services. Eight subordinate themes (codes) also emerged history of traumatic events during active duty (i.e., sexual assault);communicative challenges, elevated verbal exchanges/angry outbursts with immediate family members;lengthy process of claims to begin Veterans Affairs mental health services, prescription medication to treat PTSD symptoms;denied mental health care services due to peacetime service;desire for improved U.S. women veterans' mental health care services;anxiety/panic attacks;and difficulty rescheduling therapy sessions and/or distractible teletherapy sessions due to Covid-19 pandemic. The positive social change implications include increasing awareness for the need of rapid response and access to mental health care services for U.S. women veterans living with PTSD. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)