This study investigates the influence of family context and community context on children’s social reasoning about parental negotiation of the gendered roles of breadwinner and caretaker.
Family and community factors may influence a child's social reasoning about parental role negotiation. Interviews assessed children's judgement of two parent role negotiation scenarios.
The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine military family life through the lens of military and Veteran spouses.
The life of a military spouse can be rewarding, but also challenging as deployments and time apart may contribute to increased family problems. This study examined military life and culture from the perspective of 22 female military spouses.
Although the experience of deployments has been described as devastating to married life, evidence linking deployments directly to poorer marital functioning has been sparse.
The deployment of a spouse who serves in the military can place additional stress on a marriage. This study sought to examine the explicit relationship between prior deployments, combat exposure, and symptoms of PTSD on couples’ level of marital satisfaction.
Women U.S. military veterans face particularly high rates of homelessness, which may be associated with psychosocial experiences including unhealthy alcohol use and experience of intimate partner violence (IPV).