Due to the current prolonged conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, members of the United States National Guard and Reserve have shifted from a historically support-based role to an integral segment of combat efforts.
Young adults’ well-being may be influenced by financial attitudes of their parents, romantic partners, and their own behavior.
Cultural responsiveness is a key aspect of the quality of organized activities, yet has rarely been examined.
Objective: This study examined how cyberbullying fits into a framework of adolescent aggression. It was hypothesized that a dimensional model that considered both form (overt or relational) and media (in-person or electronic) of aggression would best fit the data.
While it is well documented that families involved in Child Protective Services (CPS) are likely to experience housing insecurity, the mechanisms that may account for the association between housing insecurity and child maltreatment remain unclear.
In recent decades, research on intimate partner violence (IPV) has yielded important information on prevalence rates, risk factors, and outcomes about female IPV victims; however, there remains a limited amount of research about male victims of IPV, especially male victims in the military.
Background: This study examined associations between incident post-deployment mental health (PDMH) conditions and health- and performance-related outcomes in the population of Air Force Medical Service personnel on active duty between 2003 and 2013 who had at least one deployment.
Various aspects of couples' relationships can affect their children in different ways.
Exposure to stressors during military deployment puts veterans at risk for reduced post-military quality of life. Stress-related mental health problems may lead to decreased well-being within work and family domains, yet few studies have explored associations in the context of gender.
This narrative study features 8 women who shared their stories of systemic barriers faced in the process of leaving an abusive military marriage.
This study utilized the ABC-X model of family stress and resiliency theory to provide information about specific family and parental stress, family coping, appraisal of stress and coping abilities, and quality of life for spouses at various stages of a recent military deployment.
Little is known about the experience of women in military families who seek to leave an abusive marriage, a process that may be complicated by unique features of military life (i.e., ideals about loyalty, frequent relocation, financial dependence).
Marital distress, aggression, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms are commonly linked in research. However, less often is the consideration of the impact on children, and specifically, their increased mental health symptoms.
This study examined the relationship among three deployment stressors (warfare exposure, sexual harassment and assault, and family stress during deployment), three mental health categories (posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, depression, and alcohol misuse), and six areas of functionin
The current study examined the impact of active duty service members’ symptoms following a combat deployment on child mental health symptoms.
Little is known about how professionals view the inclusion of adult siblings in the care and service coordination of their brothers or sisters with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD).
The current study investigated the parent–child relationship by examining associations between parent stress, parental discipline strategies, child disruptive behavior problems, and level of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) symptoms.
During the course of previous military conflicts, attention has been focused on separations experienced by service members and their loved ones.
Children are vulnerable after a natural disaster, and psychosocial programs can be helpful for them to cope with stressors caused by disasters.
Parenting and child problem behaviors are influenced by the parents' positive and negative feelings toward the child. However, among parents who have children with developmental delays, little is known about the factors that contribute to their positive and negative feelings.
Using an actor-partner interdependence model, we examined whether veterans’ post traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS)contributed to partners’ drug abuse symptoms,whether partners’ drug abuse symptoms contributed to intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration, and whether drug abuse symptoms mediated
Parents' positive and negative feelings about their young children influence both parenting behavior and child problem behavior. Research has not previously examined factors that contribute to positive and negative feelings in parents of young children with developmental delay (DD).
Adult siblings of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) report struggling to navigate the adult disability service delivery system and collaborate with professionals.
Military suicide is a significant mental health concern for both Active Duty Soldiers and Veterans and can have a lasting impact on their friends and families.
This study drew on the relational turbulence model to investigate how the interpersonal dynamics of military couples predict parents’ reports of the reintegration difficulty of military children upon homecoming after deployment.
Military-connected youths experience stressful life events, including deployments and multiple
school transitions, that make them vulnerable to bullying. Social workers have
highlighted the power of grassroots school community initiatives that address risk issues
Stress and disruptive behavior in children are often topics of concern among parents. This study examined the association between parental stress, parenting strategies, and disruptive behavior problems in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Children are among the most vulnerable groups during and after a natural disaster experiencing a range of stressors such as fear of death or loss of a loved one, the loss of a home and community, displacement to a strange neighborhood or school, and even separation from their family.
Parents who lost a child due to cancer experience intense trauma and sadness, and bereavement programs may provide the intervention and support parents need.
Military-connected youth experience a lot of stress resulting from deployments and multiple school transitions. A military-connected school developed a grassroots anti-bullying program called Because Nice Matters (BNM) , its success was analyzed after two years of implementing the program.