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Difficulty in Transition Scale

The Difficulty in Military-to-Civilian Transition Scale measures the severity of adjustment challenges experienced by separating and separated service members. It assesses distress across psychological, social, occupational, and identity domains as individuals transition from military life to civilian society. Used in VA clinical settings, military transition programs, and research, it identifies service members at risk for prolonged transition difficulty and informs targeted intervention.

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Difficulty in Military-to-Civilian Transition Scale (DMCTS)
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / military-psychology
  • Wallace, P. W., Mahoney, C. R., & Malley, J. D. (2011). Military transitions in the post-secondary environment. Journal of Military Medicine, 176(7), 746-750. · URL
  • Austin, D. W., & Beale, C. L. (2016). Militarism and civilian identity: A critical analysis of military-to-civilian transition. Journal of Military and Veterans' Health, 24(2), 20-32. · URL
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Same method familyDeployment Risk and Resilience Inventorymachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyMilitary Identity Scalemachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyPost-Deployment Reintegration Scalemachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyPTSD Checklist Military Versionmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.

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