In this study, researchers examined associations between relational turbulence (i.e., relational uncertainty and partner interference), relational communication (i.e., openness and aggressiveness), and relational inferences (i.e., affiliation and dominance) during the post-deployment transition (
This study employed the relational turbulence model to examine features of relational communication and dimensions of relational inferences during the postdeployment transition for military service members.
Objectives: Operation Building Resilience and Valuing Empowered Families (OBF) is a preventive, preclinical program that was developed by the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center's Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Service
Although criminal justice involvement and incarceration are common problems for homeless veterans, few studies have examined childhood risk factors for criminal justice involvement among veterans.
Parents of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are at an increased risk for acute and chronic stress compared to parents of children with other developmental disabilities and parents of children without disabilities.
This field intervention trial evaluated the effect of a 5-week mindfulness-based curriculum on teacher-ratings of student classroom behavior at a Richmond, CA public elementary school, and examined if the addition of more sessions provided added benefit to student outcomes.
This field intervention trial evaluated the effect of a 5-week mindfulness-based curriculum on teacher-ratings of student classroom behavior at a Richmond, CA public elementary school, and examined if the addition of more sessions provided added benefit to student outcomes.
Survey data of Marine recruits were used to examine the role of social support (from both within and outside of the military unit) in predicting mental health symptoms in the context of exposure to military stressors.
Evidence across a multitude of contexts indicates that social support is associated with reduced risk for mental health symptoms. More information is needed on the effectiveness of different sources of support, as well as sex differences in support.
Most research focuses on the negative impact of second-hand smoke and children and ways to reduce this risk. This study utilized qualitative interviews to better understand how children influence parent smoking practices.
In this article we explore the micro-social context of parental tobacco use in the first years of a child’s life and early childhood. We conducted individual interviews with 28 mothers and fathers during the 4 years following the birth of their child.
Objective: Identifying treatment moderators facilitates treatment matching and personalized medicine.
Child and adolescent somatic complaints (physical symptoms that usually result from stress or emotional distress) are understudied in the parental deployment context.
Our objective is to determine the prevalence of recurrent headaches in military-dependent children and to study the changes in headache frequency, severity, and duration during a parental deployment. Recurrent headaches are common in children and are often intensified by stressful life events.
Background: Previous studies have examined the prevalence, risk factors, and health correlates of sexual stressors in the military, but have been
Risk factors (i.e., drug abuse, posttraumatic stress disorder, mental and physical health) for homelessness among Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF) Veterans are examined, with a particular focus on money mismanagement.
As more women serve in the U.S. military, the proportion of females among homeless veterans is increasing.
Parents’ transition from children living in the home to an empty nest often involves many changes in the couples’ marriage. This study interviewed 50 couples whose last (or only) child had left home during the past 18 months about the changes in their marriage.
This study employs the relational turbulence model to identify common issues facing married couples during the transition to the empty-nest phase of marriage.
As part of the National Post-Deployment Adjustment Study, 1,388 Veterans completed a survey to improve the understanding of mental health services use and perceived barriers to use in Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans.
Objective: This study analyzed data from a national survey of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans to improve understanding of mental health services use and perceived barriers.
For military couples reunited following deployment, discussing or avoiding topics is a central dimension of communication. This paper theorizes about two predictors of topic avoidance that arise from a lack of confidence in social situations: generalized anxiety and relational uncertainty.
Much research on children in military families has taken a deficit approach—that is, it has portrayed these children as a population susceptible to psychological damage from the hardships of military life, s
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating disorder affecting many Veterans and their families, and there is a need for evidence-based treatment options for these families.
Male veterans and their spouses (N = 218) attending one of six-week-long retreats were assessed for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms pre- and postintervention. Participants were evaluated using the PTSD checklist (PCL), on which, a score of >49 indicates clinical symptom levels.
Children of Service members must navigate many stressors and transitions, which prompted the U.S. Marine Corp to develop the school liaison program to promote academic success among children of Marines.
The global war on terror has placed a number of stressful demands on service members and their families. Although the military offers a wide range of services and supports to military families, not all families are willing or able to use them.
This pilot study evaluated the impact of mindfulness groups on 20 Latino middle school students who participated in 8-session structured groups using the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Teens curriculum.
Research continues to document the positive effects of mindfulness on physical and mental health. Mindfulness is beginning to be incorporated into the professional training of mental health practitioners; however, documentation of the effects of mindfulness training on trainees is still needed.