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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