Fourteen civilian spouses of National Guard and Reserve Service members participated in an unstructured interview to explore the experience of wartime military separation from their partners.
During the Persian Gulf War (1990-1991), more than 228,000 National Guard and reserve members were recalled to active duty. Little information exists about the effect of wartime military separation among the civilian spouses of guard and reserve personnel.
Researchers analyzed data from 3,190 married U.S. Army Soldiers to determine whether leader support in the work unit had direct effects on work spillover and family adaptation, or buffering effects between the two. Findings indicate a direct impact of leader support on work spillover.
An intervention to modify teaching practices in Grades 5 and 6 was evaluated. The intervention consisted of proactive classroom intervention, interactive teaching, and cooperative learning.
Military personnel deployed to the Middle East included an unprecedented number of women, many of whom were mothers.
This study examines the direct versus the buffering effect of leader support in the work unit on the relationship between work spillover and family
The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of different coping styles on the development of self-reported mental health problems in a radically changing context.
Elementary school students (n = 330) and their parents (n = 228) participated in a 3-year longitudinal study of the temporal relation between anxiety and depressive symptoms in children.
Evaluated the outcomes of 130 indicated preventive interventions (secondary prevention) mental health programs for children and adolescents that seek to identify early signs of maladjustment and to intervene
Parenting behaviors and relationships can have a strong impact on children's well-being. Relationships between four and five year old’s behavior, representations of their mothers (i.e., negative, positive, disciplinary), and mother’s psychological health were examined.
We investigated associations between children's representations of mothers in their play narratives and measures of children's and mother socioemotional adaptation, and explored the development of these representations between the ages of 4 and 5 years.
Used meta-analysis to review 177 primary prevention programs designed to prevent behavioral and social problems in children and adolescents.
In recent times children have adapted to parental separation as parents balance the demands of family and job responsibilities. While job-related separation affect many in today's society, no population is affected more than children being separated from their active-duty mothers.
Researchers compared the psychosocial functioning of children separated from Active Duty mothers versus Active Duty fathers.
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.
Objective: Commonly held attitudes concerning the effects of parental wartime deployment on children have usually been guided by stereotype, rather than scientific data.
Vietnam Veterans and their female cohabitating partners participated in a study examining the associations between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and perpetration of aggressive behavior toward their female partners.
This study examined the association between symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in male Vietnam veterans and their use of aggressive behavior in relationships with intimate female partners. Fifty couples participated in the study.
This study examined availability and usage of tobacco products, and their potential impact on the oral health of naval personnel deployed to Desert Storm.
Many of the challenges facing children now are a function of changing times, including increase in urbanization, political violence, changing family forms, and in some areas decreased supplies of adequate fo
Examined the longitudinal course of specific symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and related symptoms of alcohol and substance abuse and the effects of alcohol and substances on the symptoms of
The increasing number of women in the military, especially married women and mothers, is forcing the military to accommodate populations it did not have to deal with in the past.