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Summary
Readiness and Resilience in National Guard Soldier (RINGS-2) data were used to examine sleep complaint trajectories of at-home intimate partners of Guard members throughout the deployment cycle. Pre-deployment and deployment predictors (e.g., psychological well-being, substance use, family factors) associated with these sleep trajectories were also explored. Four trajectories of sleep were found and predictors varied by group. Understanding these patterns may help identify risk factors which would allow for more targeted intervention to support at-home spouses sleep throughout the deployment cycle.
Citation
Miller, K. E. , Koffel, E., Kramer, M. D., Erbes, C. R., Arbisi, P. A., Polusny, M. A. (2017). At-Home Partner Sleep Functioning Over the Course of Military Deployment. Journal of Family Psychology, 1-10. doi:10.1037/fam0000262