One of the many aspects of military family quality of life that DoD seeks to monitor and improve is the degree of employment opportunity available to spouses of military members (whom we refer to as military
This study examined the role of a family-supportive work climate and the link between Service members’ aggressiveness and their overall marital quality. Family-supportive work climates were found to have a positive influence on marital quality.
We examined the role of contextualized, group-level ratings of a family-supportive work climate on the link between individuals' aggressiveness and marital quality in a sample of 1,604 married male active duty soldiers from brigades in the southeastern United States.
The overall issue of assessment during early childhood, and its relation to school readiness and other decisions, is currently widely debated.
Several recent articles have explored the effects of military deployment on U.S. service members' mental health outcomes.
America’s failure to prepare for and adequately address the impact of war upon service members and veterans is one of the most significant challenges of the post-September 11th era.
Active duty military personnel and National Guard and reservists experience multiple deployments as a result of the conflicts that comprise the War on Terror.
The Veterans Hospital's Association (VHA) administrative records of 4,416 OIF/OEF Veterans using the upstate New York Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system were analyzed to determine if a diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was associated with primary care provider-diagnosed
Objective: To determine if a diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was associated with primary care provider-diagnosed physical disease in the first 5 years post deployment.
Young children (birth through 5 years of age) are disproportionately represented in U.S. military families with a deployed parent.
Background: Nonresponse bias in a longitudinal study could affect the magnitude and direction of measures of association.
Extracurricular activities provide youth with additional time and resources for positive development beyond school. This study examined the relationships between adolescents’ extracurricular involvement and youth outcomes (e.g., educational attainment, family and community involvement).
We examined the linear and nonlinear relations between breadth of extracurricular participation in 11th grade and developmental outcomes at 11th grade and 1 year after high school in an economically diverse sample of African-American and European-American youth.
This paper provides a current review of existing evidence-based treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), with a description of psychopharmacologic options, prolonged exposure therapy, cognitive
Infants learn a great deal about social skills and interactions from their caregivers, and it is important to identify techniques caregivers can use to promote positive outcomes.
Establishing positive peer relationships is integral to children's social development and is linked to a variety of long-term outcomes and life skills.
Mindfulness has emerged as a promising new technique and may be useful in the context of parenting.
We evaluated the efficacy of a mindful parenting program for changing parents’ mindfulness, child management practices, and relationships with their early adolescent youth and tested whether changes in parents’ mindfulness mediated changes in other domains.
Interview and observational data were utilized to examine the relationship with a sample of low-income children. The results suggest that high-quality childcare was modestly beneficial in terms of reducing problem behaviors in middle childhood.
Research examining the longer term influences of child care on children’s development has expanded in recent years, but few studies have considered low-income children’s experiences in community care arrangements.
The well being of children and caregivers during a parent’s deployment was examined through interviews with the at-home parent (i.e., caregiver) and the child.
Although studies have begun to explore the impact of the current wars on child well-being, none have examined how children are doing across social, emotional, and academic domains.
In recent decades, it has become evident among mental health practitioners that the military is a unique culture that is comprised of distinct ethics, core values, codes of conduct, and strict hierarchical
Combat-related injuries can have a significant impact, not only on Service members, but also on their families and children. The relationships between family pre-deployment distress, child post-injury distress, Service member injury severity, and family post-injury disruption were examined.
Combat injury in military service members affects both child and family functioning. This preliminary study examined the relationship of child distress postinjury to preinjury deployment-related family distress, injury severity, and family disruption postinjury.
Teaching couples principles and skills for healthy relationships may improve marriage stability, particularly among couples enduring high levels of stress (e.g., military couples).
Findings from a large, randomized controlled trial of couple education are presented in this brief report. Married U.S. Army couples were assigned to either PREP for Strong Bonds (n = 248) delivered by U.S. Army chaplains or to a no-treatment control group (n = 228).
Deployment can be a significant source of stress, which may result in post-deployment relationship concerns.
Objective: To determine the relationship between length of soldier deployment and self-reports of moderate and severe spousal violence. Methods: The Conflict Tactics Scale was used to measure self-reports of behaviors exhibited in marital conflict.
Deployment is often stressful, not only for Service members, but also for their partners. Using Army wives’ medical records from 2003 to 2006, the association between Service member deployment and wives' mental health visits and diagnoses was examined.