Loyola University Chicago Loyola eCommons Dissertations Theses and Dissertations 1986 Identity Diffusion, Moral Conflict, and Low Self-Esteem as Contributing Factors to the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in Vietnam Combat Veterans Leland Karl Martin Loyola University Chicago Follow this and additional works at: https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_diss Part of the Education Commons Recommended Citation Martin, Leland Karl, "Identity Diffusion, Moral Conflict, and Low Self-Esteem as Contributing actF ors to the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in Vietnam Combat Veterans" (1986). Dissertations. 2443. https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_diss/2443 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses and Dissertations at Loyola eCommons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Loyola eCommons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. Copyright © 1986 Leland Karl Martin IDENTITY DIFFUSION, MORAL CONFLICT, AND LOW SELF-ESTEEM AS CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THE POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER SYMPTOMS IN VIETNAM COMBAT VETERANS by Leland Karl Martin A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Loyola University of Chicago in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy May 1986 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The author wishes to thank Drs. Marilyn Susman, Director, Carol Harding, Todd Hoover, and Donald Hossler, members of the dissertation committee, for their help and encouragement throughout the project. The author remembers with gratitude the kindness of Bernard Blom, Ph.D., Luke Shanley, Ph.D., and Betsy Tolsted, Ph.D., psychologists with the Veterans Administration Medical Centers whose knowledge and expertise were instrumental in securing approval to work with the Veteran Outreach Centers and inpatients of their facilities.