Over 50,000 US service members have been physically wounded in combat – even more with invisible injuries – since current conflicts began in 2002, creating a crisis of substantial magnitude for their families. A great proportion of injured service members are mothers or fathers as well.
Children of Service members who have been wounded in combat face many unique experiences that can be stressful and frightening. This study explores the ways in which a program focused on creative arts engagement helped children negotiate those experiences.
The return home of a Service member from tour of duty can be stressful for military families (Bowling & Sherman, 2008), but surprisingly little is known about how military youth communicatively experience a parent’s homecoming (MacDermid Wadsworth, 2010).
Researchers conducted interviews with youth of military families to gain an understanding of their experience of parental homecoming after deployment.
Objective: To conduct the first population-based study comparing child maltreatment rates perpetrated by civilian parents in military families before, during, and after combat-related deployments.
Child maltreatment is a serious concern for families, and it is important to understand factors that may influence maltreatment rates. Rates of child maltreatment by a civilian parent in a military family were compared before, during, and after deployment.
One of the most fundamental factors related to psychological well being across the lifespan is whether a person perceives social support from important others in his or her life.
To investigate school transitions, changes in functioning across a 1-year transition period, from the end of the last year of elementary school to the end of the first year of junior high school, were explored.
Objective: Parental deployment is associated with children's increased mental health needs. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the most common pediatric mental health diagnosis.
Children of Service members often experience added stress and disruption during deployment, which can be especially difficult for youth with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).