The association between parental military work factors and adolescent's well-being was examined. Data were collected from 1036 military youth.
Adolescents who had at least one Active Duty military parent participated in a study examining the associations among demographic information, military- related factors, and well-being.
Objective: Members of the US armed forces have been heavily deployed in support of wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. This study examined the affect of a parent's deployment to war on the rate of psychiatric hospitalization among their children. Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study.
In this retrospective cohort study of children of Active Duty military personnel, administrative records were evaluated to assess the effect of parental deployment on the rate of psychiatric hospitalization among children ages 9-17.
Parental responses to youth negative affect have been associated with social and emotional outcomes in youth.
Adolescents and their parents were surveyed about their emotion regulation strategies, emotion awareness, and adolescent negative affect in an effort to better understand how parents influence adolescent emotional development.
This study compared the occurrence of child maltreatment in military and nonmilitary populations. Data came from the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System. All cases of child maltreatment substantiated from January 1, 2000 through December 31, 2002, in the state of Texas were analyzed.
Data from a national surveillance system were used to compare the rate of occurrence of substantiated child maltreatment, the characteristics of child victims, and the characteristics of their perpetrators between military and nonmilitary populations.
This study combines research documenting the benefits of positive relationships between youth and caring adults on a young person's positive development with studies on youth voice to examine the mechanisms through which participation in youth programs contributes to positive developmental o
Survey data were used to examine whether youth engagement in positive relationships with adult staff in youth programs contributed to the development of youth voice and influenced youth's perception of the benefits of program participation.