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Job satisfaction among Service members is determined by various factors. This study explored the associations among job pressure, demographic factors (e.g., age), and health status with job satisfaction of Active Duty and Reservists Service members.

Survey data of 1,367 Navy recruits were utilized to explore the demographic and psychosocial variables associated with those who are at risk for engaging in intimate partner violence (IPV) and child physical abuse (CPA).

This study examined psychosocial characteristics of individuals at risk for perpetrating both intimate partner violence (IPV risk) and child physical abuse (CPA risk). The sample consisted of 775 female and 592 male Navy recruits.

The atrocities of war have detrimental effects on the development and mental health of children that have been documented since World War II.

Little is known about the similarities and differences between civilian and military child maltreatment cases and no recent study has compared them directly.

The pattern and severity of substantiated mutual and nonmutual spouse abuse between U.S. Army enlisted personnel and their spouses was determined for 1998 to 2002.

A couples' marital quality is associated with various variables. Husbands and wives answered questionnaires separately about their attachment orientations, depressive symptoms, conflict resolution behaviors, and marital satisfaction.

Although previous research has examined the role of adult attachment orientations, depressive symptoms, and conflict resolution behaviors (attacking and compromising) in marital quality, these variables have typically been considered separately.

Job satisfaction among Service members is determined by various factors. This study explored the associations among job pressure, demographic factors (e.g., age), and health status with job satisfaction of Active Duty and Reservists Service members.

In this study, we examined psychological, demographic, and physical predictors of job satisfaction among military personnel across the Armed Forces. Data were collected from 24,881 members of the Active Duty and Reserve/Guard components.

Home visiting programs for families with young children have been in effect for many years; however, this is the first comprehensive meta-analytic effort to quantify the usefulness of home visits as a stra

Children in military families experience health challenges just like children in other families.

Objective. Children are frequently perceived to be healthy, low-risk individuals with a majority of clinical services devoted to health maintenance and preventive clinical services. However, a subset of children have unique needs that require specialized care to achieve optimal health outcomes.

Military wives can face unique stressors that may be particularly difficult for mothers who are pregnant or have new babies.

Background: Current research suggests that women married to military service members may experience difficulty during the transition to motherhood attributable to the additional stressors of military life and inability to access traditional support systems.
Objective: To test the effects of a nu

The concept of school engagement has attracted increasing attention as representing a possible antidote to declining academic motivation and achievement.

The factors that contribute to student dropouts have been the focus of extensive deliberation during the last decade. Despite expanded attention, the number of dropouts remains unacceptably high.

Veterans assessed for inpatient and outpatient posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) services at several Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals were included to examine a model of interrelationships among Veterans’ traumatic exposure, PTSD, guilt, social functioning, change in religious faith, and contin

One of the most pervasive effects of traumatic exposure is the challenge that people experience to their existential beliefs concerning the meaning and purpose of life. Particularly at risk is the strength of their religious faith and the comfort that they derive from it.

U.S. combat infantry units who deployed to OIF/OEF (3 Army, 1 Marine Corps) completed an anonymous survey to assess the mental health of Service members and to determine use and barriers to accessing mental health services.

BACKGROUND: The current combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have involved U.S. military personnel in major ground combat and hazardous security duty.

World War II (WWII) ex-Prisoners of War (POW) living in California participated in this study examining the association of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with the quality of intimate relationships.

This study examined the association of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with the quality of intimate relationships among present-day male World War II ex-prisoners of war (POWs).