Veterans often experience a lot of physical and mental health problems. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a peer-led resilience program offered to Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan"Just Roll With It Bootcamp"ù.
Serving in the military has the capacity to influence military personnel, civilian spouses, and marriages in unique ways. The purpose of the present study was to provide dyadic insight into the interface between biological, psychological, and relational health factors for military couples.
Survey data were used to examine the relationships between employment, financial difficulties, social support, and general adjustment among Army National Guard Soldiers after returning from deployment.
Background and Purpose: Military and veteran suicide rates exceed those found in the general population. Veterans often reject patient identities, creating barriers to care for mental health within the clinical sector and a mandate for prevention programs.
Using an ecological systems model, this qualitative phenomenological study describes the experiences of 11 student veterans while they were in the military, as they transitioned to a private university, and as they adopted the student role.
Deployments have a great impact on military families; however, little is known about how military-affiliated children experience family life during a deployment. This study interviewed 33 children of Service members about their experiences during deployment.
The deployment of a family member can be very distressing for military children, but it also can supply opportunities for growth. This study addresses calls for research on the changes, challenges, and opportunities facing youth during a family member’s tour of duty.
Both men and women can be victims of partner violence; however, most research has focused on women, and less is known about the health problems of male partner violence victims.
Experiences of 298 children with their caregivers in after-school programs (ASPs) were examined as predictors of social_emotional functioning across the first through fifth grade.
National population-based studies show that 40%–50% of physical partner violence victims in a 1-year time period are men.
"Background: Preliminary data indicate the suicide rate in the United States military decreased in 2013, but the National Guard saw a continued increase.
Associations between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and perpetration of intimate partner violence (IPV) have not been extensively studied in nonveteran samples. Secondary analysis was conducted using a nationally representative U.S.
The goal of this study was to identify positive factors that increase the psychological well-being of military spouses in the areas of environmental mastery.
Individuals who experience the deployment of a spouse often encounter certain difficulties and develop coping strategies to deal with those difficulties.
Quality and duration of sleep is an important component of one's health for the general population and especially so for Veterans.
We characterized socioeconomic disparities in short sleep duration, which is linked to multiple adverse health outcomes, in a population-based sample of veterans of the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who had interacted with the Minneapolis VA Health Care System.
Objective: Children are at risk for adverse outcomes during parental military deployments. We aim to determine the impact of parental deployment and combat injury on young children’s postdeployment mental health, injuries, and maltreatment.
This study follows 161 heterosexual couples in 13-week couples' therapy program.
Dual military couples were recruited from a military family medicine clinic and completed questionnaires about relationship functioning. Levels of physiological stress were also assessed in both partners.
An examination of a psycho-educationally based treatment approach for male Veteran intimate partner violence (IPV) offenders was conducted. Pre and post-test domestic violence and abuse screen behavioral outcomes as well as program failure, and recidivism were analyzed.
Experiences of 298 children in after-school programs were examined as predictors of social-emotional functioning from first-fifth grade.
Although sexual behaviors have been extensively studied among youth in general, they have been relatively understudied among military-dependent youth (MDY).
Mood disorders affect large numbers of individuals and their families, the ripple effects on relationship functioning can be great. Researchers have advocated for a relational perspective to mood disorder treatment, and several promising treatments have been developed.
Sense of belonging may impact an individual’s mental health and risk to engage in suicidal behavior. Utilizing a theoretical framework to assess suicidality, this study examined factors that may be contributing to an individual’s desire for death and ability to engage in suicide attempts.
The risk for child maltreatment may be higher among families who experience high levels of stress. To better understand this risk in U.S. Air Force (USAF) families, the degree to which new or expectant mothers' level of needs predicted future child maltreatment were explored.
The U.S. Air Force (USAF) New Parent Support Program (NPSP) is a voluntary family maltreatment prevention program for expectant parents and parents of young children. NPSP mothers are classified as “low needs” (LN) or “high needs” (HN) based on their Family