Children's Response to Parental Separation During Operation Desert Storm

In this study, the authors compared children and families with and without a deployed Service member-parent prior to and during Operation Desert Storm in an effort to determine the effects of Operation Desert Storm on military children and their parents. Three hundred and eighty-three children and the remaining caretaking parent completed self- and parent-report instruments concerning child and family functioning (child behavior, depression and anxiety and parent depression, adjustment and coping) and life stressors.