Post-War Tourism in the Reconciliation Process of New Zealand Vietnam War Veterans

2021 ◽  
pp. 108-134
Author(s):  
Maria Dorsey
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Vietnam War ◽  
Vietnam Veterans ◽  
War Veterans ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Post War ◽  
Vietnam War Veterans ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Reconciliation Process ◽  
Positive Force

Tourism has the potential to act as a positive force in reconciliation efforts between countries. The basis of tourism in facilitating reconciliation is premised on people coming into contact with one another in non-adversarial settings, which support a higher probability that positive effects can result from this contact. The investigation on post-war tourism and its role in moving the reconciliation process forward has been limited. Since the Vietnam War ended, there has been a growing phenomenon of Vietnam War veterans returning to visit Vietnam. This chapter examines the impact of New Zealand Vietnam veterans' visits to post-war Vietnam on the reconciliation process with the Vietnamese and with self.

Prevalence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Depression and Anxiety in a Community Sample of New Zealand Vietnam War Veterans

1996 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nigel Long ◽  
Carol MacDonald ◽  
Kerry Chamberlain
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Vietnam War ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Vietnam Veterans ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Vietnam War Veterans

Objective: The aim of the paper is to investigate the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression and anxiety in a community sample of New Zealand Vietnam War veterans. Method: Data were collected as part of a national survey on the health and mental health of New Zealand Vietnam veterans. Five hundred and seventy-three randomly selected male Vietnam veterans participated in a postal survey. The questionnaire contained a number of demographic, biographical and psychological measures. Results: The results revealed that 10% of the veterans could be classified as PTSD cases and that these veterans exhibited high levels of depression and anxiety. In PTSD cases, 15% were also classified with anxiety, 6% with depression, and 73% were classified with both anxiety and depression. In PTSD cases 94% were classified with more than one additional disorder. In non-PTSD cases 27% were classified with anxiety, and 1% with depression, while 12% experienced both anxiety and depression. Conclusions: The consequences of comorbidity for research and treatment are discussed and it is suggested that health professionals should be attentive to military experience as a predictor of these disorders.

Race, combat, and PTSD in a community sample of New Zealand Vietnam war veterans

1997 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol MacDonald ◽  
Kerry Chamberlain ◽  
Nigel Lon
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Vietnam War ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
War Veterans ◽  
Vietnam War Veterans

scholarly journals Correlates of Psychological Well-being Among Korean Vietnam War Veterans

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 908-908
Author(s):  
Hyunyup Lee ◽  
Sungrok Kang ◽  
Soyoung Choun ◽  
Carolyn Aldwin
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Vietnam War ◽  
Vietnam Veterans ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Well Being ◽  
War Veterans ◽  
Significant Group ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Vietnam War Veterans

Abstract Prior research on Veterans’ mental health has largely focused on identifying risk and protective factors for negative psychological symptoms such as PTSD. However, mental health indicates not merely absence of psychopathology, but also the existence of positive psychological well-being (Keyes, 2005). Thus, the current study aimed to examine the correlates of psychological well-being, which is less studied, in an Asian sample, Korean veterans. Data for this 2017 study were from Korean Vietnam War Veterans Study. Participants were 348 male veterans, and their mean age was about 72 years old (SD = 2.7, range = 65-84). Using Keyes’ (2002) classification criteria, psychological well-being was divided into three types: flourishing (9.5%), moderately health (59.95%), and languishing (25.3%). Own-way analyses of variance showed that the groups did not differ in demographic variables (age, marital status, education, and income). Further, there were no differences in combat exposure, negative appraisals of military service, smoking, and alcohol consumption. However, significant group differences were found for resources; Scheffé's post-hoc analyses indicated that optimism, positive appraisals of military service, four types of social support (family, significant others, friend, and military peer), and self-rated health were significantly different among the groups, and highest in the flourishing group. The moderately health group showed higher levels of positive appraisals of military service and four types of social support than the languishing group. Thus, the majority (about 60%) of Korean Vietnam veterans were moderately psychologically healthy in this sample, but those with positive psychosocial resources were more likely to be healthiest.

scholarly journals The mortality and cancer experience of New Zealand Vietnam war veterans: a cohort study

BMJ Open ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (9) ◽  
pp. e003379 ◽  
Author(s):  
David McBride ◽  
Brian Cox ◽  
John Broughton ◽  
Darryl Tong
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Vietnam War ◽  
War Veterans ◽  
Cancer Experience ◽  
Vietnam War Veterans

scholarly journals Classification of Mental Health among Korean Vietnam War Veterans: A Latent Profile Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 637-637
Author(s):  
Hyunyup Lee ◽  
Carolyn Aldwin ◽  
Sungrok Kang ◽  
Xyle Ku
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Vietnam War ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Latent Profile Analysis ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Profile Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
War Veterans ◽  
Vietnam War Veterans ◽  
Latent Profile

Abstract We investigated the dimensional structure of mental health among aging Korean Veterans using latent profile analysis (LPA) on posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms (PTSD), late onset stress symptomology (LOSS), and psychosocial well-being (PWB). The Korean Vietnam War Veterans Study consists of 367 men (Mage=72, SD=2.66). LPA identified five classes of mental health as best fitting the data. Most men were in the normal (38%) and moderate distress (31%) groups, while smaller proportions were in the low affect (13%) and severe distress (7%) groups. The resilient group (12%) had low PTSD, medium LOSS, and high PWB, and were highest on optimism, positive appraisals of military service, and social support. Negative and positive aspects of mental health outcomes were on separate dimensions rather than on a single bipolar dimension. Service providers should attempt to both reduce Veterans’ negative psychological symptoms and increase psychosocial well-being. Part of a symposium sponsored by the Aging Veterans: Effects of Military Service across the Life Course Interest Group.

The Colonized Colonizers: Korean Experiences of the Vietnam War

1998 ◽  
Vol 7 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 217-240
Author(s):  
Jinim Park
Keyword(s):  
Vietnam War ◽  
Health Effects ◽  
Agent Orange ◽  
District Court ◽  
The South ◽  
War Veterans ◽  
South Korean ◽  
The Vietnam War ◽  
Vietnam War Veterans

AbstractOn 15 February 1997, the South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo reported that the Seoul District Court had rejected an appeal by the Korean Vietnam War veterans who had asked for compensation relating to the health effects of having been exposed to Agent Orange during their service in Vietnam.

Return to Vietnam

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mia Martin Hobbs
Keyword(s):  
Oral History ◽  
Vietnam War ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Historical Study ◽  
Viet Nam ◽  
War Veterans ◽  
War Memory ◽  
War Narratives ◽  
Vietnam War Veterans

Between 1981 and 2016, thousands of American and Australian Vietnam War veterans returned to Việt Nam. This comparative, transnational oral history offers the first historical study of these return journeys. It shows how veterans returned in search of resolution, or peace, manifesting in shifting nostalgic visions of 'Vietnam.' Different national war narratives shaped their returns: Australians followed the 'Anzac' pilgrimage tradition, whereas for Americans the return was an anti-war act. Veterans met former enemies, visited battlefields, mourned friends, found new relationships, and addressed enduring legacies of war. Many found their memories of war eased by witnessing Việt Nam at peace. Yet this peacetime reality also challenged veterans' wartime connection to Vietnamese spaces. The place they were nostalgic for was Vietnam, a space in war memory, not Việt Nam, the country. Veterans drew from wartime narratives to negotiate this displacement, performing nostalgic practices to reclaim their sense of belonging.

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