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Summary
Military youth whose parent was deployed were recruited from one of several National Military Family Association (NMFA) camps. In this study, youth completed semi-structured interviews regarding uncertainty, loss, resilience, adjustment, and the ambiguity of having a parent deployed. Major response themes that emerged were overall perceptions of uncertainty and loss, boundary ambiguity, concerns about nondeployed parents, and changes in mental health.
Citation
Huebner, A. J., Mancini, J. A., Wilcox, R. M., Grass, S. R., Grass, G. A. (2007). Parental Deployment and Youth in Military Families: Exploring Uncertainty and Ambiguous Loss. Family Relations, 56, 112-122. doi:10.1111/j.1741-3729.2007.00445.x