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Carl A. Castro

Professor, Director of Military and Veterans Programs, Director of the Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans and Military Families, Director of the RAND-USC Epstein Family Foundation Center for Veterans Policy Research View bio to learn more about the faculty member's research


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2024 Featured Publications

Dodge, J. R., Sullivan, K. S., Wortham, W., Nugent, K., Castro, C. A., & Riviere, L. A. (2024). Army spouses' mental health treatment engagement: The role of barriers to care. Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health, 10(5), 152-162. https://doi.org/10.3138/jmvfh-2023-0052
 

Barr, N., Petry, L., Fulginiti, A., Arora, A., Cederbaum, J., Castro, C., & Rice, E. (2024). Who supports the troops? Social support domains and sources in active duty Army networks. Armed Forces & Society, 51(1), 3–21. https://doi.org/10.1177/0095327X231182907

Canning, L. M., Davis, J. P., Prindle, J. J., Castro, C. A., Pedersen, E. R., Saba, S. K., Bravo, A. J., Fitzke, R. E., Mills, A. H., & Livingston, W. S. (2024). Military sexual trauma, childhood trauma, and combat trauma: Associations with longitudinal posttraumatic growth among U.S. veterans. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Advance online publication, November 14, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001810

Davis, J. P., Prindle, J., Saba, S. K., Castro, C. A., Hummer, J., Canning, L., & Pedersen, E. R. (2024). Longitudinal associations between insomnia, cannabis use, and stress among US veterans. Journal of Sleep Research, 33(1). https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.13945

Dodge, J., Kintzle, S., Sullivan, K., & Castro, C. (2024). Importance of military identity in understanding the relationship between post-traumatic stress disorder and adverse family functioning for post-9/11 veterans. Military Behavioral Health. Advance online publication, April 14, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1080/21635781.2024.2331717

Kintzle, S., Alday, E., Sutherland, A., & Castro, C. A. (2024). Drivers of veterans’ healthcare choices and experiences with veterans affairs and civilian healthcare. Healthcare, 12(18), Article 1852. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12181852 

Clomax, A. J., Mor Barak, M., Hancock, A.-M., Dodge, J., Kintzle, S., Cox, R., Alday, E., & Castro, C. (2024). An intersectional analysis of women's experiences of inclusion in the United States Army. Sex Roles, 90(11), 1666-1680. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-024-01524-8


 

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2023 Featured Publications

Dodge, J., Kale, C., Keeling, M., Gribble, R., Taylor-Beirne, S., Maher, S., Castro, C., Fear, N.T., & Sullivan, K. (2023). Families transition, too! Military families transition out of service: A scoping review of research from the Five Eyes nations. Journal of Family Social Work. Advance online publication, March 1, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1080/10522158.2023.2167896

Dodge, J., Sullivan, K., Miech, E., Clomax, A., Riviere, L., & Castro, C. (2023). Exploring the social determinants of mental health by race and ethnicity in army wives. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. Advance online publication, March 23, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-023-01551-3

O'Loughlin, J. I., Cox, D. W., Ogrodniczuk, J. S., & Castro, C. A. (2023). Traditional masculinity ideology and psychotherapy treatment outcome for military service veteran men. Psychology of Men & Masculinities, 24(1), 16–25. https://doi.org/10.1037/men0000415

Davis, J. P., Prindle, J., Saba, S. K., Castro, C. A., Hummer, J., Canning, L., & Pedersen, E. R. (2023). Longitudinal associations between insomnia, cannabis use and stress among US veterans. Journal of Sleep Research. Advance online publication, May 26, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.13945

Kintzle, S., Schnyder, L. P., Alday, E., Gonzalez, L. A., Mor Barak, M., & Castro, C. A. (2023). Welcome to the U.S. Army: A qualitative examination of the army’s reception of new soldiers. Armed Forces & Society. Advance online publication, May 12, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1177/0095327X231170837

Goldbach, J. T., Schrager, S. M., Mamey, M. R., Klemmer, C., Holloway, I. W., & Castro, C. A. (2023). Development and validation of the military minority stress scale. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(12), Article 6184. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20126184

Barr, N., Petry, L., Fulginiti, A., Arora, A., Cederbaum, J., Castro, C., & Rice, E. (2023). Who supports the troops? Social support domains and sources in active duty army networks. Armed Forces & Society. Advance online publication, July 17, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1177/0095327X231182907

Saba, S. K., Davis, J. P., Prindle, J. J., Howe, E., Tran, D. D., Bunyi, J., Hummer, J. F., Castro, C. A., & Pedersen, E. R. (2023). Bidirectional associations between pain and perceived stress among veterans: Depressive disorder as a predisposing factor. Psychosomatic Medicine. Advance online publication September 29, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0000000000001253

Davis, J. P., Canning, L., Saba, S. K., Bravo, A. J., Amone-P’Olak, K., Sedano, A., Tran, D., Castro, C., & Pedersen, E. R. (2023). Associations between trauma-related guilt, symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, and problematic alcohol use. Psychiatry Research, 326, Article 115350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115350