Families
Effects of Home on the Mental Health of British Forces Serving in Iraq and Afghanistan
2,042 British armed forces personnel serving in Iraq or Afghanistan were surveyed to evaluate the influence of family life/home events on their mental health during deployment.
2012
Prevalence and Determinants of PTSD among Palestinian Children Exposed to Military Violence
121 Palestinian children living in an area of bombardment participated in a study to assess the prevalence and determinants of PTSD. Child PTSD symptoms were predicted by child gender, child age, maternal education and maternal PTSD symptoms.
2003
Impact of Vietnam War Service on Veteran's Perceptions of Family Life
135 Vietnam Veterans were surveyed to examine associations between combat exposure, psychological impact of war service (PTSD), marital and parental satisfaction, and family communication.
1993
There and Back Again: How Parental Experiences Affect Children's Adjustments in the Course of Military Deployments
303 Dutch Soldiers and their partners participated in a study exploring the process of temporary father-child
separation as a result of military deployment. Most of the children were doing quite well and adapted to the separation
and reunion fairly rapidly.
2011
Conceptual Model of Military Career and Family Life Course Events, Intersections, and Effects on Well-Being
This paper presents a life course conceptual model to organize the body of research analyzing the effects of military life on service members, their spouses, and their children.
2015
Community Family Therapy with Military Families Experiencing Deployment
The length and frequency of deployments in the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are associated with increased vulnerability for both part- and full-time military families who st
2011
Those Left Behind: Military Families
Families are important to the well-being and effectiveness of military personnel, both in peacetime and in times of war.
1996