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
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
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
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