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How educators and researchers define and study school effectiveness continues to be shaped by two divided camps.

This study examined the personal health goals and needs of 1,299 soldiers during their periodic health exam at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, from January 1 to December 31, 1990.

Health care to military dependents with cystic fibrosis (CF) may be compromised by lack of consistency. Civilian centers provide an alternative for care. A reliable count of dependents with CF is unknown.

Data from 61 mothers of school-age children (5–13 yrs old) were examined before, during, and after military deployment of their husbands.

Because the war was relatively brief, casualties relatively light, and the Nation sanctioned the war socially, veterans of Desert Shield/Storm and their families were not anticipated to suffer symptoms of trauma or re-entry stress beyond that expected in routine peacetime military deployments.

Studied military personnel's fear that the stigma of mental health care will directly affect their career via a survey of 138 commanding and executive officers.

Reviewed 60 studies of depressive symptoms among children and adolescents with chronic medical problems.

This study tested the hypothesis that women whose husbands worked as air crew (WHAs) on commercial airlines may suffer from the intermittent husband syndrome.

It is generally argued that parental use of specific discipline techniques (e.g., reasoning vs power assertion) differentially affects a child's internalization. This article offers an expanded formulation.

135 Vietnam Veterans were surveyed to examine associations between combat exposure, psychological impact of war service (PTSD), marital and parental satisfaction, and family communication.

This study surveyed Vietnam veterans' perceptions of the impact of their wartime experiences on their current family life. This research used veterans' self-reports of combat exposure, the psychological impact of war service, and family satisfaction and functioning.

Appropriate use of prenatal care is associated with more favorable perinatal outcomes. This study examines patient characteristics that influence the use of prenatal care in a total reimbursement setting.

In January 1987, all 63 faculty members at Army Family Practice Residencies received satisfaction questionnaires.

This article provides an overview of and initial empirical findings from a preventive clinical/educational model for psychosocial assessment and intervention with the families of Operation Desert Storm (ODS)

The Persian Gulf War focused public attention on the problems military families face in coping with military-induced family separation.

Some children experiencing an unscheduled school transfer are at risk for academic and social difficulties.

Parents whose children were identified as being at-risk for academic difficulties following a transfer into a new school were involved in either a school-based tutoring program or a school-based tutoring pro

This article examines the relative contribution of work stressors, family and community resources, and Army support resources to the family adaptation of a sample of 238 single parents serving on active duty

Analyzes the stressors and psychological anxiety experienced by the crew of a hospital ship, the USNS Comfort, in its unanticipated August 1990 deployment in support of Operation Desert Shield/Storm.

Reliable data on the impact of physical training on light infantry units in terms of injuries and time loss are sparse.

Examines the relationship between self-esteem, locus of control, accumulated stressors, perceived military stress, and the psychological well-being of 74 Army wives whose husbands were stationed in the Persi