Military deployment can have both a positive and negative impact on military wives. Military wives participated in an online study examining the relationship between length of deployment and their psychological distress.
This study examined relationships between combat-exposed Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans’ experiences related to infidelity during deployment (i.e., indicating that a partner was unfaithful or reporting concern about potential infidelity) and postdeployment mental heal
During frequent and lengthy deployments, infidelity may be a concern for Service members and their significant others. This study examined how combat-exposed Service members’ experiences of infidelity during deployment were associated with post-deployment mental health.
Data on 7,424 soldier spouse abuse offenders were analyzed to determine the prevalence of substance use during abusive incidents, and to examine differences between substance-using and non-substance-using offenders.
Spousal abuse incidents reported in the Army Central Registry were used to determine the prevalence of drug and alcohol use during violent incidents.