There and Back Again: How Parental Experiences Affect Children's Adjustments in the Course of Military Deployments

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Summary
303 Dutch Soldiers and their partners participated in a study exploring the process of temporary father-child
separation as a result of military deployment. Most of the children were doing quite well and adapted to the separation
and reunion fairly rapidly.
Citation
Andres, M.D. & Moelker, R. (2011). There and back again: How parental experiences affect children’s adjustments in the course of military deployments. Armed Forces & Society, 37, 418-447. doi:10.1177/0095327C10390461.