Long-Term Outcomes of Military Service

Avron (Ron) Spiro III is research professor of epidemiology and psychiatry at Boston University Schools of Public Health and Medicine. He is the director of Psychosocial Research at the VA Normative Aging Study at the VA Boston Healthcare System and is also affiliated with the Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center, the National Center for PTSD, and the Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research. He is a recipient of a Senior Research Career Scientist award from the Clinical Science R amp D Service of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and is a fellow of Divisions 5 (Quantitative and Qualitative Methods) and 2 (Adult Development and Aging) of the American Psychological Association and of the Behavior and Social Sciences Section of the Gerontological Society of America. Dr. Spiro has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH ) and the VA, and is the author or coauthor of over 25 publications. He was coprincipal investigator (with Carolyn Aldwin) of an NIH grant to establish a research network on Lifespan Outcomes of Military Service and coinvestigator on several projects funded by NIH or the VA studying health, personality, cognition, and aging. His current work involves (a) examining the effects of health and disease on cognitive aging, (b) modeling longitudinal changes in personality in relation to health, (c) developing a lifespan approach to health and aging in veterans, and (d) studying mental disorders and their impact on health and functioning.Richard A. Settersten Jr. is endowed director of the Hallie Ford Center for Healthy Children and Families, and professor of social and behavioral health sciences at Oregon State University. A fellow of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA), he has held leadership roles in the GSA and the American Sociological Association (ASA). His coedited book (with Jacqueline L. Angel), Handbook of Sociology of Aging, won the 2 2 Outstanding Publication Award of the ASA's Section on Aging and the Life Course, and an earlier book, Lives in Time and Place, won the Kalish Award of the GSA. He coedited (with Vern L. Bengtson) the third edition of the Handbook of Theories of Aging and is coeditor (with Megan McClelland) of the journal Research in Human Development. The MacArthur Foundation and NIH have supported his research. He has also participated in National Academy of Sciences/Institute of Medicine panel discussions on the health and wellbeing of young adults and on new directions in social demography, social epidemiology, and sociology of aging. He collaborated with Ron Spiro and Carolyn Aldwin on a grant from the National Institutes of Health to establish a research network on Lifespan Outcomes of Military Service.Carolyn M. Aldwin is the Jo Anne Leonard endowed director for the Center for Healthy Aging Research and professor of human development and family sciences, Oregon State University. She received her doctorate in adult development and aging from the University of California, San Francisco. She is a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, as well as both Divisions 2 (Adult Development and Aging) and 38 (Health Psychology) of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Aldwin received the 2 Developmental Health Psychology Award from these divisions and is a former president of Division 2 . She has authored or edited eight books and over 25 other publications on stress, stress-related growth, coping, health, and the long-term effects of military service on health in later life. Her work has been funded by the National Institute on Aging, the National Science Foundation, and the Templeton Foundation. She was coprincipal investigator (with Avron Spiro) on a grant from the National Institutes of Health to establish a research network on Lifespan Outcomes of Military Service.

• ContributorsPrefaceIntroduction: Understanding the Long-Term Outcomes of Military ServiceAvron Spiro III, Richard A. Settersten Jr., and Carolyn M. AldwinPart I. Psychosocial DynamicsChapter . Two Faces of Wartime Experience: Collective Memories and Veterans amp rsquo Appraisals in Later LifeRichard A. Settersten Jr., Claudia Recksiedler, Bethany Godlewski, and Glen H. Elder Jr.Chapter 2. Midlife Ego Development of World War II Veterans: Contributions of Personality Traits and Combat Exposure in Young AdulthoodJohanna C. Malone, Laura M. L. Distel, and Robert J. WaldingerChapter 3. Perceived Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Discrimination Among Male and Female Vietnam-Era Veterans and PTSD Symptoms Later in LifeDaniel H. Kabat, Steven D. Stellman, and Jeanne Mager StellmanChapter 4. Using a Life Course Perspective to Examine the Prevalence of Marriage in Military FamiliesShelley MacDermid Wadsworth, Sarah Mustillo, Anthony J. Faber, and Abigail Tolhurst ChristiansenChapter 5. Labor Force Participation Among Older VeteransAlair MacLean, Meredith A. Kleykamp, and John Robert WarrenChapter . Nationalism and Patriotism Among World War II Veterans and Their Baby-Boom ChildrenMerril Silverstein, Andrew S. London, and Janet M. WilmothPart II. Health DynamicsChapter 7. Military Service Experiences and Older Men amp rsquo s Trajectories of Self-Rated HealthJanet M. Wilmoth, Andrew S. London, and William J. OliverChapter 8. Studying Longitudinal Links From Early Adult Adversity to Later-Life Well-Being: American Repatriated Prisoners of the Vietnam WarLewina O. Lee, Avron Spiro III, Anna L. Tyzik, Daniel W. King, and Lynda A. KingChapter 9. The Impact of Military Service on Stress, Health, and Well-Being in Later LifeCarolyn M. Aldwin, Crystal L. Park, Soyoung Choun, and Hyunyup LeeChapter . Exploring the Veteran Mortality Differential: The Influence of War Era and Smoking BehaviorScott D. Landes, Monika Ardelt, and Ann T. LandesChapter . Military Service and Changes in Memory Performance During Later LifeRobert S. Stawski, Meghann L. Fenn, Chenkai Wu, and Gwenith G. FisherChapter 2. Long-Term Influences of Combat Exposure and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms on Brain Structure, Health, and Functioning: The Vietnam Era Twin Study of AgingCarol E. Franz, Michael J. Lyons, and William S. KremenChapter 3. The Effect of Combat and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder on LongevityGeorge E. Vaillant and Diane Highum VaillantPart III. Implications for Practice and PolicyChapter 4. Mental Health Considerations and Service Utilization in Older Adult Nonveterans and VeteransAnica Pless Kaiser, Joan M. Cook, Joyce Wang, Eve Davison, and Paula P. SchnurrChapter 5. Aging Veterans and Long-Term Outcomes of Military Service: Implications for Practice and PolicyRichard A. Settersten Jr., Carolyn M. Aldwin, and Avron Spiro IIIIndexAbout the Editors