Couples

Little research to date has examined secondary traumatic stress symptoms in spouses of military veterans.

People who experience trauma can transmit traumatic stress symptoms to those close to them which is referred to as secondary traumatic stress.

Using data from 34,381 Air Force active-duty members, the current study examines active-duty members' perceptions of their spouse's or significant other's ability to cope with deployment of unknown length and adjust to demands of being an Air Force family.

Using data from a large-scale Community Assessment survey of Air Force members, the author examined Active Duty members’ perceptions of their spouse’s or significant other’s ability to cope with deployment of unknown length and adjust to demands of being an Air Force family.

Understanding predictors of military spouse psychosocial vulnerability informs efforts to assess, identify, and support at-risk spouses and families.

Female civilian spouses of Active Duty Service members were surveyed to compare distress and stressor levels to community averages. The relationships among family stress and strain, social support, demographic variables, and distress were also assessed.

This study examines the romantic relationships of reservists following wartime deployment. Members of an Army Reserve unit and their partners participatedin seven waves of interviews in the year following the reservists’ return from deployment.

U.S. Army Reservists and partners of U.S. Army Reservists were interviewed about their relationships after the Reservists returned from a year-long deployment in Iraq.

This study applied the relational turbulence model to the communication of U.S. service members and at-home partners following the return from a tour of duty by evaluating three turbulence markers: (a) relational maintenance, (b) partner responsiveness, and (c) turmoil appraisals.

Researchers examined how the relational turbulence model applied to post-deployment couple reunions.