Military

Recent research has shown a relationship between self-disclosure and symptoms of posttraumatic stress in combat veterans.

The amount of positive and negative emotions that Service members share with others following deployment may impact later adjustment and well-being.

Objective: Identify unique correlates of clinically significant emotional abuse (CS-EA) in a large representative U.S. sample of men and women. Method: Active duty members of the U.S.

All types of abuse, including emotional abuse, can be influenced by risk factors from multiple ecological levels (e.g., family, community, workplace).

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the relationship of positive screening for depression during and after pregnancy with deployment status of the spouse.

Surveys were completed by 3,956 female Active Duty Soldiers or pregnant spouses of Soldiers at an initial obstetric visit. Participants completed surveys at 28-32 weeks gestation and again at 6-8 weeks postpartum.

War has a profound emotional impact on military personnel and their families, but little is known about how deployment-related stress impacts the occurrence of child maltreatment in military families.

Child maltreatment may be more likely when a family is experiencing significant distress, and military deployment may be one stressor that increases risk for child maltreatment.

Spouses of returning Iraq (Operation Iraqi Freedom, OIF) and Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom, OEF) military service members report increased depression and anxiety post deployment as they work to reintegrate the family and service member.

Female partners of OEF/OIF Service members participated in a year-long study focused on education, skill-building, and support for Service members.