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Gender And Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Screening In The Military: A Measurement Study, Mark Allan Oliver
Gender And Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Screening In The Military: A Measurement Study, Mark Allan Oliver
Doctoral Dissertations
The Primary Care Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PC-PTSD) screen (Prins et al., 2003) is used by the Department of Defense to identify military members who are at increased risk of PTSD. This screen has been offered to all returning deployers since 2005. However, validation studies of PC-PTSD scores from military samples have seldom employed a significant number of female subjects and no published studies have examined it for gender bias. Ruling out bias is important because routine under-identification of PTSD risk in any group could result in hindered access to needed assessment and/or care. With the current proportion of military females …
The Effects Of Female Cabinet Ministers On Female-Friendly Social Policy, Amy Atchison
The Effects Of Female Cabinet Ministers On Female-Friendly Social Policy, Amy Atchison
Doctoral Dissertations
A growing literature indicates that the representation of women in legislatures is positively associated with the passage of female-friendly social policy. However, there is little corresponding research concerning the effect of women in cabinet on female-friendly social policy. Yet, almost all advanced industrial democracies are parliamentary democracies, where policies typically originate within the cabinet and governments typically enjoy substantial control over the legislative process. Thus, to the extent that women promote female-friendly policy, women in cabinet positions should be ideally placed to do so, and indeed, possibly be more influential than women in legislatures. The purpose of this study is …