Families

The importance of getting the job done is taking over our personal lives and causing a potential work–family conflict.

This paper analyzes military families as the intersection of two societal institutions, both of which make great demands on individuals in terms of commitment, loyalty, time, and energy.

This essay discusses the challenges faced by veterans returning to society in light of the current organization and structure of the military, veterans', and overall U.S. health care systems.

Traumatic brain injury (TBI)—an injury to the brain that may or may not create lasting impairment for the survivor—has been recognized as a major public health problem by the Centers for Disease Control (Lan

Since the start of America's post-September 11, 2001 military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, military families have been the subject of increasing interest and attention from the media and the public, m

Military families have been a subject of concern due to increasing divorce rates and child maltreatment that have been directly linked to the number and length of combat deployments.

The Road of Life, a life course metaphor, is used as the backdrop for a theoretically anchored model, The Resiliency Model of Role Performance, which has been developed to account for variation in the abilit

War and terrorism are exerting increasing force on world affairs, with growing implications for families and the scholars who study them.

Sesame Workshop is a nonprofit organization involved with community outreach to support the educational needs of children and to foster healthy, strong families.

The temporary absence of a parent (e.g., due to incarceration, migration, or military deployment) is experienced by many youth and can have profound effects.