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In 1987, data were collected on 2,731 young men and their parents as part of the Army Communications Objectives Measurement System (ACOMS) survey to understand factors associated with mili

2,731 young men and one of their parents participated in a telephone survey to understand factors associated with military enlistment.

Military couples, because of their lifestyles, may have unique marital stressors.

30 Army and 30 civilian couples who were seeking marital counseling completed questionnaires at the intake session to examine the risks for specific marital problems in military couples. Military wives were more likely to be physically abused than their civilian counterparts.

Some Navy families are subject to unusual stress in that the active duty parent may be deployed for several months at a time.

118 Navy and 103 civilian children and adolescents who were psychiatrically hospitalized over a three-year period participated in a study to examine deployment as a risk factor for hospitalization. 60% of Navy youth who were hospitalized had a Navy parent whose job required long-term deployment.

Children of incarcerated parents are exposed to factors that place them at risk for delinquency.

This study, like numerous others, found parental absence to be associated with problematic behavior on behalf of children.