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Background: As armed conflict grows increasingly complex, the involvement of children in armed violence across diverse roles is rising. Consequently, military personnel are more likely to encounter children during deployment. However, little is known about deployment-related encounters with children and their impact on the mental health of military personnel and Veterans.Objective: This study qualitatively examines the nature and impacts of deployment-related encounters with children.Methods: We conducted semi-structured interviews with 16 Canadian Armed Forces Veterans, eliciting rich information on the nature of child encounters on deployment, the psycho-social-spiritual impacts of these encounters, and perceptions of support. Interview transcripts were analysed using thematic analysis.Results: Six primary themes were identified: types of encounters (i.e. factual aspects of deployment-related encounters with children), contextual factors (i.e. aspects of the mission, environment, and personal context relevant to one\'s experience of the encounter), appraisals of encounters (i.e. sensory or sense-making experiences relevant to the encounter), impacts of encounters (i.e. psycho-social, existential, and occupational impacts), coping strategies engaged in both during and after deployment, and support experiences, describing both formal and informal sources of support.Conclusions: Encounters with children are diverse and highly stressful, resulting in impacts pertinent to mental health, including psychological and moral distress, and difficulties with identity, spirituality, and relationships. These impacts are prompted by complex interactions among appraisals, expectations of morality, cultural norms, and professional duties and are amplified by various personal factors (e.g. childhood maltreatment history, parenthood), feelings of unpreparedness, and lack of post-deployment support. Implications for prevention, intervention, and policy are discussed with the aim of informing future efforts to safeguard and support military personnel facing a high likelihood of encounters with children.
Deployment-related encounters with children result in diverse impacts, including psychological and moral distress, along with disruptions in identity, spirituality, and interpersonal relationships.Encounters with children during military deployments are diverse and highly stressful, characterized by complex interactions among appraisals and expectations of morality, cultural norms, and professional duties.Emphasis on feeling unprepared for encounters with children highlights the need for future efforts to safeguard and support military personnel facing such situations.
Deployment-related encounters with children result in diverse impacts, including psychological and moral distress, along with disruptions in identity, spirituality, and interpersonal relationships.Encounters with children during military deployments are diverse and highly stressful, characterized by complex interactions among appraisals and expectations of morality, cultural norms, and professional duties.Emphasis on feeling unprepared for encounters with children highlights the need for future efforts to safeguard and support military personnel facing such situations.
摘要：
背景:随着武装冲突变得越来越复杂，儿童在不同角色中参与武装暴力的情况正在上升。因此,军事人员在部署期间更有可能遇到儿童。然而,对与部署有关的儿童遭遇及其对军事人员和退伍军人心理健康的影响知之甚少。目标：这项研究定性地检查了与儿童部署相关的遭遇的性质和影响。方法：我们对16名加拿大武装部队退伍军人进行了半结构化访谈，获取有关部署时儿童遭遇性质的丰富信息，这些相遇的心理-社会-精神影响，以及对支持的看法。采用专题分析法对访谈笔录进行分析。结果：确定了六个主要主题：相遇类型（即与儿童有关的与部署有关的相遇的事实方面），背景因素(即任务的各个方面，环境,以及与遭遇经历相关的个人背景)，对相遇的评估(即与相遇相关的感官或感官体验)，遭遇的影响(即心理社会，存在主义,和职业影响)，部署过程中和部署后的应对策略，和支持经验，描述正式和非正式的支持来源。结论：与儿童的相遇是多种多样的，压力很大，导致与心理健康相关的影响，包括心理和道德困扰，和身份上的困难，灵性,和关系。这些影响是由评估之间复杂的相互作用引起的，对道德的期望，文化规范,和专业职责，并被各种个人因素放大(例如儿童虐待史，父母身份)，毫无准备的感觉，缺乏部署后支持。对预防的影响，干预，和政策进行了讨论，目的是为今后保护和支持军事人员的努力提供信息。
与部署相关的儿童接触会产生不同的影响，包括心理和道德困扰，随着身份的破坏，灵性,和人际关系。在军事部署期间遇到儿童的情况多种多样，压力很大，以道德评价和期望之间复杂的相互作用为特征，文化规范,和专业职责。强调对与儿童相遇没有准备的感觉突出了今后需要努力保护和支持面临这种情况的军事人员。
与部署相关的儿童接触会产生不同的影响，包括心理和道德困扰，随着身份的破坏，灵性,和人际关系。在军事部署期间遇到儿童的情况多种多样，压力很大，以道德评价和期望之间复杂的相互作用为特征，文化规范,和专业职责。强调对与儿童相遇没有准备的感觉突出了今后需要努力保护和支持面临这种情况的军事人员。
