Are you a veteran who practices Buddhist meditation?

Researchers in Colorado would like to interview veterans who have used Buddhist practices and worldviews to understand their military experience. These interviews are part of a research project at the University of Denver and Iliff School of Theology, conducted by Professor Carrie Doehring, PhD and Kelly Arora, PhD.

After a telephone conversation about the project, and completion of an informed consent form, participants will complete a background questionnaire and do two interviews that will be audiotaped. These interviews will be done face to face in the Denver area.

This research will help us better understand how veterans draw upon Buddhist practices and worldviews to cope with and understand traumatic military experiences.

This research project, Identifying Military Veterans’ Spiritual Coping and Meaning Making Practices in Response to Trauma, was approved by the University of Denver's Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Subjects in Research on Oct. 11, 2011, and funded by the Association of Theological Schools.

For further information, contact Carrie Doehring (cdoehring@iliff.edu, 303-765-3169) or Kelly Arora (karora@iliff.edu).

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