[-] Show simple item record

dc.contributor.advisorOlson, Loreen N.eng
dc.contributor.authorSymonds LeBlanc, Sarah E.eng
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Missouri-Columbia. Graduate School. Theses and Dissertations. Dissertations. 2012 Dissertationseng
dc.date.issued2012eng
dc.date.submitted2012 Summereng
dc.descriptionTitle from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on July 31, 2013).eng
dc.descriptionThe entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract appears in the public.pdf file.eng
dc.descriptionDissertation advisor: Dr. Loreen N. Olsoneng
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.eng
dc.descriptionVita.eng
dc.descriptionPh. D. University of Missouri--Columbia 2012.eng
dc.description"July 2012"eng
dc.description.abstract[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The purposes of this study were to (a) understand how recent military veterans negotiate their identities post-deployment, and more specifically, (b) understand how military veterans' identity negotiation impacts communication with partners and their children after war-time deployment. The current study interviewed 22 recent veterans. Using Hecht, Jackson, and Ribeau's (2003) Communication Theory of Identity (CTI) as a theoretical lens, the results revealed that participants experience the penetration of the personal, relational, and communal layers as defined by CTI. Specifically, participants had the urge to negotiate their identity post-deployment at the personal layer, fighting to go back to the person that they were before they deployed. However, as they negotiated between work and family identities, the personal layer negotiation began to interpenetrate with the communal layers as they worked to balance their work and family selves post-deployment. Then, participants learned that their work and family identities intrapenetrated within the communal layer. Next, participants' communication was affected within the relational layer as they negotiated their relational identities with their spouse and their children. Participants experienced topic avoidance, jealousy, and role negotiation with their spouse and identity gaps with their children.eng
dc.description.bibrefIncludes bibliographical references.eng
dc.format.extentv, 173 pageseng
dc.identifier.oclc872569418eng
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.32469/10355/36764eng
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10355/36764
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.publisherUniversity of Missouri--Columbiaeng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunityUniversity of Missouri--Columbia. Graduate School. Theses and Dissertationseng
dc.rightsAccess is limited to the campuses of the University of Missouri.eng
dc.subjectpersonal identityeng
dc.subjectmilitary veteraneng
dc.subjectmilitary familyeng
dc.subjectfamily communicationeng
dc.titleMother, father, husband, wife, soldier : identity-negotiation of veterans during re-entry into family life post-deploymenteng
dc.typeThesiseng
thesis.degree.disciplineCommunication (MU)eng
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Missouri--Columbiaeng
thesis.degree.levelDoctoraleng
thesis.degree.namePh. D.eng


Files in this item

[PDF]
[PDF]
[PDF]

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

[-] Show simple item record