Iraq and Afghanistan student Veterans participated in a study examining the contributions of coping style and family social support on mental health symptoms (e.g., anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress).
With rising numbers of student Veterans on today’s college campuses, multicultural competence in college counseling centers increasingly includes an understanding of military culture and its relation to the psychological health and functioning of student Veterans.
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and heavy alcohol use can be common among military Veterans.
We studied 13 U.S. male military veterans and their female partners who consented to participate in an uncontrolled trial of couple treatment for alcohol use disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder (CTAP).
Objective: Few studies have attempted to describe the range of cognitive impairments affecting people who have experienced child maltreatment.
An examination of the associations between cyber victimization and adolescent smoking and drinking was conducted. Adolescents completed self-report measures assessing peer victimization, peer aggression, and the frequency of cigarette and alcohol use.
Background: Adolescent substance use represents a significant public health concern. Growing research has linked peer victimization with substance use among youth, however, less attention has been devoted to the role of cyber victimization specifically, while controlling for peer aggression.
Young children of Active Duty military parents participated in a study assessing the impact of parental deployment and combat injury on children’s mental health, injuries, and maltreatment.
A program evaluation of the Dance for Veterans program within the Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VAGLAHS) was conducted.
Background: Adolescent substance use represents a significant public health concern. Growing research has linked peer victimization with substance use among youth, however, less attention has been devoted to the role of cyber victimization specifically, while controlling for peer aggression.
Parental knowledge of youth's behaviors is an important aspect of childrearing. To better understand the impact of consistent parental knowledge, researchers examined parents' reports of day-to-day knowledge of youth's activities and behaviors.
Purpose: Considerable evidence documents the linkages between higher levels of parental knowledge about youth activities and positive youth outcomes.
Consumers of financial products and services need both a safe, transparent marketplace, and the financial capability to navigate that marketplace effectively.
Given the importance of sleep in health outcomes, phone survey data were used to examine the relationship between active duty status and sleep issues. Active Duty service was associated with an increase in insufficient sleep over the past 30 days.
Background: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the current perceptions of breast-feeding support for active duty women serving in the U.S. Armed Forces.
Military spouses are often concerned about how their communication will affect the Service member's work performance during deployment. The relationship between spousal communication and deployed Soldiers' negative spillover was examined in the study.
Military spouses often have concerns regarding the impact of their communication on soldiers during deployment.
Objective: We assessed the relationship between active duty status and daily insufficient sleep in a telephone survey. Methods: U.S.
There are many well-known health benefits of breastfeeding for mothers and infants. This study examines the difference in breastfeeding rates for military-affiliated women and civilian women while considering racial differences within those groups as well.
We conduct a comparative analysis of breastfeeding behavior between military and civilian-affiliated mothers. Our focus is on African American mothers among whom breastfeeding rates are lowest.
Although personal electronic devices, such as mobile phones, computers, and tablets, increasingly are being leveraged as vehicles for health in the civilian world, almost nothing is known about personal technology use in the U.S. military.
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.
Children with autism spectrum disorder often show disruptive and noncompliance behaviors and many parents may need support as they deal with these behaviors.
Importance: Disruptive behavior is common in children with autism spectrum disorder. Behavioral interventions are used to treat disruptive behavior but have not been evaluated in large-scale randomized trials.
In balancing family and work demands, there is an ever-increasing need for programming for working parents that increases their effectiveness in both domains. More evidence is needed in order to substantiate the delivery of such programs in the workplace.
Mothers' emotional characteristics play an important role in children's emotion socialization and behaviors. By observing mother-child interactions and administering surveys, the study examined the association between maternal characteristics and child outcomes.
This study investigated the relationships between various maternal characteristics and child outcomes in preschool age children. Participants included 128 mother-child pairs.
The purpose of this study was to examine the moderating role of parental warmth in the relation between helicopter parenting and indices of child adjustment (i.e., self-worth and school engagement) and maladjustment (i.e., risk behaviors) in emerging adulthood.
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.
Today's schools struggle to find the best ways to improve children's academic performance, while also considering their social-emotional needs.