Purpose: The purpose of this observational, point prevalence study is to determine if parental deployment affects the cognitive, social and emotional development of preschool age children in the military family.
Retrospective interviews were conducted with Army and Army National Guard wives to identify turning points and trajectories of marital satisfaction across the deployment cycle.
Previous military family research has assumed a stable set of deployment phases. In line with critiques of such models within family communication, we identified the varied turning points and trajectories military spouses experience across deployment.
Schools are considered one of the primary settings in which prevention and intervention initiatives can be implemented successfully, reaching a large number of young people.
Research suggests that military youth have higher rates of anxiety and socio-emotional difficulties as compared to their non-military peers, due in part to the unique stressors of military life.
The Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program (YRRP) was developed to help support and provide resources to Service members and their families throughout the stages of deployment. This study examined perceived level of support and usefulness of the YRRP.
The Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program (YRRP) was created to meet the needs of National Guard
Semi-structured interviews were conducted with female members of the U.S. National Guard to learn about their experiences with deployment to combat zones and the following reintegration.
Military deployment, especially in combat or dangerous areas, can have a strong influence on subsequent mental health. This effect may be intensified as a result of the potential stigma that admission of mental health problems indicates weakness.
Our objective was to conduct the first randomized controlled trial of the efficacy of a group mindfulness program aimed at reducing and preventing depression in an adolescent school-based population.
It is important to understand what factors contribute to Service Members' stress. In this study, researchers examined the length of deployment, number of deployments, and rank of the Soldier as predictors of family, personal, and parenting stress.
There are several features of youth programs that support positive youth development. In this study, researchers utilized a participant-observer approach to examine those features in a program specifically targeted toward LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) youth.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) youth face a disproportionate risk of a range of problem issues such as depression and drug use (Saewyc, 2011).
Mindfulness-based stress reduction programs have improved psychological health for clinical populations including veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Social difficulties are commonly associated with anxiety disorders in youth, yet are not well specified in the literature. The aim of this study was to identify patterns of social experiences in clinically anxious children and examine the associations with indices of emotional functioning.
Numerous geographical moves may have a negative impact on children’s mental health. This study examined the relationship between the experience of geographical moves in 2008 and military children and adolescents’ mental health care visits in 2009.
Purpose: Geographic moves have been reported to have a negative impact on the mental health of children, but it is often difficult to separate the effect of the move from the circumstances that impelled it. Military populations may offer a way to examine this issue.
In this study, 268 adolescents (9th grade youth) who participated in a peer-led high school transition program were compared to youth in a control group to examine the program’s impact on high school graduation rates.
In a time of economic recession, identifying how economic stress may be related to parenting stress, to the parenting behaviors used by mothers and fathers, and to young children’s behavior problems may provide insight into interventions that may best assist families through their own economic cr
The return home of a Service member from tour of duty can be stressful for military families (Bowling & Sherman, 2008), but surprisingly little is known about how military youth communicatively experience a parent’s homecoming (MacDermid Wadsworth, 2010).
Survey data of members of the U.S. Air Force security forces assigned to a year-long high-threat ground mission in Iraq were used to determine the degree to which Airmen’s emotional and behavioral health and committed relationships were adversely impacted by an extended deployment to a warzone.
Deployment can be a significant stressor for Service members’ romantic relationships.
This study examined the relationship between adolescents’ prosocial and aggressive behaviors and moral affect and cognition (feelings of guilt, shame and empathy, and perspective taking), negative emotionality, and biases in thinking.
The increased risk for maltreatment in the population of children with special health care needs may be multifactorial.
In the wake of the economic downturn, economic uncertainty is roughly double that of the past 23 years.
Partner abuse (PA) is a public health problem that affects a significant number of families.
Objective: Memory complaints are particularly salient among veterans who experience combat-related mild traumatic brain injuries and/or trauma exposure, and represent a primary barrier to successful societal reintegration and everyday functioning.
Attachment avoidance, or having a relationship schema that involves avoiding thoughts or feelings about a threatened relationship, may influence military spouses adjustment during the deployment cycle.
Although much is written about the impact of deployment on nondeployed spouses (NDSs) and couple relationships, few empirical studies address this directly. Using attachment theory as a guiding framework, this study followed 32 NDSs across a military deployment.
INTRODUCTION Individuals with multiple versus single suicide attempts present a more severe clinical picture and may be at greater risk for suicide.