Parenting Stress Among US Army Spouses During Combat-Related Deployments: The Role of Sense of Coherence

Associations between length of deployment, parenting stress, family coping, and sense of coherence on contentment among Army spouses of deployed Service members were explored. Coherence was defined as perception of comprehensibility, manageability, and meaningfulness in daily life. Spouses with a higher sense of coherence were more content with their lives during their husbands' deployment.