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The research team within the Center for Research and Outreach has a multi-dimensional approach that includes conducting empirical studies, program evaluations, analysis of secondary data, and the use of empirical research to identify and address key issues impacting children, youth, and families. Through this process, we review academic literature, translate research into practice, develop materials to help non-academics be critical consumers of scientific research, and promote the use of evidenced-based information in decision making.

Trends in US Army Child Maltreatment Reports: 1990-2004

Type
PRTW

The victim rates and severity of child maltreatment in U.S. Army families by the sex of the child and parent from 1990-2004 were presented. Data were drawn from the Army Central Registry (ACR), which is a complete list of all substantiated child maltreatment incidents.

Publication year
2008
Authors
McCarroll, J. E. Fan, Z. Newby, J. H. Ursano, R. J.

Trends in US Army Child Maltreatment Reports: 1990-2004

Type
Abstract

We present the victim rates and severity of child maltreatment in US Army families by the sex of the child and parent from 1990Ð2004. Neglect rates decreased from a high point in 1991 to a low in 2000, but by 2004 the rates had increased to about the 1991 level.

Publication year
2008
Authors
McCarroll, J. E. Fan, Z. Newby, J. H. Ursano, R. J.

Alcohol Use and Alcohol-Related Problems Before and After Military Combat Deployment

Type
Abstract

Context High rates of alcohol misuse after deployment have been reported among personnel returning from past conflicts, yet investigations of alcohol misuse after return from the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are lacking.

Publication year
2008
Authors
Jacobson, I. G. Ryan, M. A. K. Hooper, T. I. Smith, T. C. Amoroso, P. J. Boyko, E. J. Gackstetter, G. D. Wells, T. S. Bell, N. S.

An Examination of Family Adjustment Among Operation Desert Storm Veterans

Type
PRTW

This study examined interrelationships among combat exposure, family adjustment, and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), including symptom clusters (reexperiencing and avoidance, withdrawal and numbing, arousaland lack of control, and self-persecution), in a sample of Operation Dese

Publication year
2008
Authors
Taft, C. T. Schumm, J. A. Panuzio, J. Proctor, S. P.

An Examination of Family Adjustment Among Operation Desert Storm Veterans

Type
Abstract

This study examined interrelationships among combat exposure, symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and family adjustment in a sample of male and female Operation Desert Storm veterans (N = 1,512).

Publication year
2008
Authors
Taft, C. T. Schumm, J. A. Panuzio, J. Proctor, S. P.

Child Maltreatment and Substance Abuse Among U.S. Army Soldiers

Type
Abstract

Although substance abuse has consistently been linked to child maltreatment, no study to date has described the extent of substance abuse among child maltreatment offenders within the military. Analysis of U.S.

Publication year
2008
Authors
Gibbs, D. A. Martin, S. L. Johnson, R. E. Rentz, E. D. Clinton-Sherrod, M. Hardison, J.

Effect of Parents' Wartime Deployment on the Behavior of Young Children in Military Families

Type
PRTW

Deployment can be a stressful time for children, particularly young children who may not understand what is happening. For this study, parents and childcare providers of children ages 18 months to five years old were surveyed regarding their child’s behavior during a parental deployment.

Publication year
2008
Authors
Chartrand, M. M. Frank, D. A. White, L. F. Shope, T. R.

Psychiatric Diagnoses in Historic and Contemporary Military Cohorts: Combat Deployment and the Healthy Warrior Effect

Type
PRTW

In this study, researchers aimed to determine incidence rates of diagnosed mental disorders in a cohort of Marines deployed to combat during OIF/OEF between 2001 and 2005 and to compare these with mental disorder rates in two historical and two contemporary military control groups from the Navy a

Publication year
2008
Authors
Larson, G. E. Highfill-McRoy, R. M. Booth-Kewley, S.

Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in U.S. Soldiers Returning From Iraq

Type
PRTW

Soldiers who had been deployed to Iraq answered questions about injuries they sustained during deployment, their psychological health, and their physical health.

Publication year
2008
Authors
Hoge, C. W. McGurk, D. Thomas, J. L. Cox, A. L. Engel, C. C. Castro, C. A.

Depressed Mood in Childhood and Subsequent Alcohol use through Adolescence and Young Adulthood

Type
Abstract

Context: Despite prior evidence supporting crosssectional associations of depression and alcohol use disorders, there is relatively little prospective data on the temporal association between depressed mood and maladaptive drinking, particularly across extended intervals.

Publication year
2008
Authors
Crum, R. M. Green, K. M. Storr, C. L. Chan, Y. F. Ialongo, N. Stuart, E. A. Anthony, J. C.