Depressive Symptoms, Relational Turbulence, and the Reintegration Difficulty of Military Couples Following Wartime Deployment

Using the relational turbulence model, an examination of military couples and their experience reuniting after wartime deployment was conducted. More specifically the study explored how individual's depressive symptoms, relational uncertainty, and interference from partners predicted their difficulty with reintegration. One hundred and eighteen military couples, living in 20 states, completed an online questionnaire once per month for the first three months upon reunion following wartime deployment.