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.
Drawing from 26 life story interviews of recent American veterans, this paper analyzes the identity struggle faced by soldiers returning from Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom and reen
The primary aim of the present study was to evaluate if previously reported treatment gains of a parent management training (PMT) program, administered via Internet, were retained from post to the 18-month follow-up.
There are 1.2 million school-age children with military parents in the United States, and approximately 90% attend public schools.
The chapters in this volume are a result of the 2011 International Research Symposium on Military Families, a joint effort of the Military Family Research Institute (MFRI) at Purdue University and the Center
Little is known of the association between military occupation and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or depression and the relations between these conditions and lost workdays.
Regular family meal times have been associated with enhanced family cohesion and positive developmental outcomes for children–youth, especially in White and/or middle-class families.
Objective: This study was designed to examine the prospective relations of harsh parenting during preadolescence, anger across adolescence, and a health phenotype at late adolescence among African American youths living in the rural South.
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious public health concern for all; however, women who experience IPV are more likely to sustain injury and report adverse health consequences.
Research has shown that prenatal maternal stress occurs commonly during pregnancy, and associated physical, psychological, and financial challenges are often compounded for African-American women from urban, low-income environments.
Families across the income spectrum experienced subjective feelings of economic strain during the Great Recession.
BACKGROUND Motor vehicle crashes (MVCs) continue to account for a third of service member fatalities each year.
Service members experience unique financial stressors and buffers. The study examined the effect of financial resources on Soldiers' well-being by having 715 Soldiers self-report their subjective well-being, financial asset, perceived financial knowledge, and constrains on resources.
The present study examined the impact of financial resources on soldiers’ well-being. Using primary data gathered from a large Army installation in the Midwest, results suggested that soldiers with higher credit card debts and lower perceived net worth had lower levels of subjective well-being.
Despite evidence that children of male war veterans with combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD
Mindfulness-based stress reduction programs have improved psychological health for clinical populations including veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
For more than a decade, the long wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have placed tremendous and cumulative strain on U.S. military personnel and their families.
Moral injury entails emotional distress associated with perceived violations of one’s moral code and has been proposed to be a possible contributor to self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITB) among military personnel.
Due to the high rate of deployment in recent years, it is important to study the relationship between deployment and Service members' divorce rates.
Owing to the armed conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, members of the US military have experienced very high rates of deployment overseas.
The purpose of this study was to understand the factors influencing the health promoting behaviors (HPBs) ofmilitary spouses. Pender’s
We consider social media as a promising tool for public health, focusing on the use of Twitter posts to build predictive models about the forthcoming influence of childbirth on the behavior and mood of new mothers.
It is now evident that women Veterans have increased risk of developing Post-traumatic Stress Disorder PTSD under several circumstances.
Objective:Many geographic locations are without services and staff available to provide treatment for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Background:Parents of children with developmental delays (DD) typically report elevated levels of parental stress compared with parents of typically developing children. Children with DD are also at high risk for exhibiting significant behaviour problems.
An exploration of U.S. Army Reservists’ concerns and obstacles to returning to the civilian workforce following a combat deployment was conducted.