Early Head Start children may be more likely to exhibit difficulties with social–emotional functioning due to the high-risk environments in which they live. However, positive parenting may serve as a protective factor against the influence of risk on children’s outcomes.
Children from high-risk environments (e.g., adolescent motherhood, homelessness) are more likely to have social-emotional dysfunction than children from low-risk environments; however, positive parenting may serve as a protective factor.
Active duty military families are experiencing increased stress as service members deploy to and return from lengthy and repeated deployments to multiple war zones.
Deployment and reintegration impact the way a military family functions, both with the temporary loss of a member and eventual readjustment upon return. This study examined the experience of the deployment cycle from the perspective of military spouses with young children.
Parents of children with (versus without) intellectual and developmental disabilities report greater stress; such stress may be exacerbated by dissatisfaction with school services, poor parent-school partnerships, and the need for parent advocacy.
Interview data from parents who completed the mindfulness awareness for parenting stress (MAPS) program were utilized to explore whether participation reduced school-related stress in parents of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).
The current study examined the impact of active duty service members’ symptoms following a combat deployment on child mental health symptoms.