Military

Military families experience unique stressors and may benefit from increases in resilience. Researchers investigated a brief, strengths-based intervention focused on enhancing military family resilience through increased communication, parenting skills, collaboration, flexibility, and routines.

Over the past decade, studies into the impact of wartime deployment and related adversities on service members and their families have offered empirical support for systemic models of family functioning and a more nuanced understanding of the mechanisms by which stress and trauma reverberate across

An evaluation of the effectiveness of Strength at Home Friends and Families (SAH-F), a dyadic group intervention program designed to prevent relational aggression and its negative consequences was conducted.

Objective: We evaluated the effectiveness of Strength at Home Friends and Families (SAH-F), a dyadic group intervention to prevent relational aggression and its negative consequences, in a community-based sample of service members/veterans and significant others who reported relational difficulties.

Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are being diagnosed more frequently, which affects both civilian and military families. This study investigated the services children in military families with ASD experience, particularly surrounding relocations.

The purpose of this study was to describe the experiences of military families with children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) specifically as it relates to relocation. Online survey methodology was used to gather information from military spouses with children with ASD.

An examination of the relationship between rejection sensitivity (the degree to which an individual expects rejection by a significant other) and marital adjustment post-deployment was conducted. Two surveys were given to 129 spouses of deployed Service members.

This research examined the relationship between rejection sensitivity and marital adjustment.

Understanding risk factors for intimate partner and domestic violence among military families is an important area of research.

The current conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq present unique risk factors for military personnel that increase the likelihood of psychological distress and concomitant consequences related to trauma.