This study surveyed 253 military families with children who have disabilities to determine if they experienced difficulties in adapting to military life. Responses indicated that 25 percent of children with disabilities were 3 years or younger and 75 percent were age 4 through 6 years.
More than 125 years have passed since William T. Sherman first observed that “war is hell”; since that time, surprisingly little attention has been paid to the effect of war on the young children of soldiers.
The effects of father absence for varying lengths of time and varying growth periods are compared with the effects of father presence, as reflected in college entrance scores on the American College Entrance exam. Comparisons are made for only children in the 2 and 3-child families.
In a longitudinal study, the causal links between different types of stressors, coping styles and adolescent symptomatology were investigated. A total of 94 adolescents and their mothers participated in three annual assessments of critical life events, daily stressors and coping styles.
The present study examines the predictors of child abuse potential for at-risk fathers and mothers serving as active duty Army members and their spouses.
Psychological symptom profiles were obtained on 1,601 children of soldiers deployed during Operation Desert Storm (ODS). The profiles were obtained from reports of the parents who stayed at home with the children.
This study evaluated the role of trauma symptoms (i.e., re-experiencing, avoidance, and hyper arousal) in the development of behavioral problems (i.e., internalizing and externalizing) in maltreated preschoolers within the preschool setting.
This study used a randomized controlled trial to examine the long-term effects of an early preventive intervention for mothers with postpartum depression and their infants, with regard to the quality of maternal interactive behavior, child attachment security, self-esteem, ego-resiliency, verbal
Considers that the impact of separation from a parent is recognized as a crucial factor in a child's development. Forced military separations also lead to clinically observable reactions in children.
Research comparing the incidence of violence in the military family to civilian families has produced inconclusive results. One possible explanation for the conflicting findings is the tendency for victims, abusers, and the system to underreport violence within the military environment.