- Title
- Psychological growth in aging Vietnam veterans: redefining shame and betrayal
- Creator
- McCormack, Lynne; Joseph, Stephen
- Relation
- Journal of Humanistic Psychology Vol. 54, Issue 3, p. 336-355
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022167813501393
- Publisher
- Sage Publications
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2014
- Description
- This study offers alternative interpretations of war-related distress embedded within the social and political context of the Vietnam War. Subjective interpretations from aging Vietnam veterans were analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. A central theme-Moral authenticity: Overcoming the betrayal and shame of war-overarched five subordinate themes. Four subordinate themes encapsulated layers of war-related betrayal associated with shame. Shame was likely to be described as either (a) internal/sense of personal failure, with no acts of rage; or (b) external/reckless or threatening acts of others, engendering rage. A fifth theme, reparation with self, reflected humility, gratitude, and empathy, currently undefined domains of the growth construct.
- Subject
- interpretative phenomenological analysis; shame; war-related betrayal; humility; empathy; gratitude; posttraumatic growth; self-acceptance
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1302687
- Identifier
- uon:20521
- Identifier
- ISSN:0022-1678
- Language
- eng
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