This study describes the development and implementation of a parenting psychotherapy group that utilized Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and parenting psychoeducation for veterans with PTSD.
Pre- and post-treatment data were utilized to examine parenting outcomes (i.e., parenting behaviors, parenting satisfaction, and psychological flexibility) of veterans who participated in an acceptance and commitment therapy group.
The Offer Self-Image Questionnaire was administered to 135 adolescent military family members, ages 13 through 18. The data suggest that the usual demands placed on the military family do not deter the adolescent from developing a healthy self-image.
Survey data were used to asses differences in self-image between civilian and military adolescents. Adolescents in military families scored similar to or better than civilian adolescents on levels of self-image.
This study employed the relational turbulence model to examine features of relational communication and dimensions of relational inferences during the postdeployment transition for military service members.
In this study, researchers examined associations between relational turbulence (i.e., relational uncertainty and partner interference), relational communication (i.e., openness and aggressiveness), and relational inferences (i.e., affiliation and dominance) during the post-deployment transition (
Objective. We investigated relations between deployment and new-onset depression among US service members recently deployed to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Methods.
Data from Military Service members were used to investigate the association between deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan, combat exposure, and new-onset depression.
There is a growing number of grandparents faced with the need to raise their grandchildren as a result of the military deployment of their own child. This is a descriptive study that examines the experiences of 23 grandmothers who are providing full time child care to their grandchildren.
This descriptive study examines how military deployments affect custodial grandparents who are appointed to care for grandchildren during this parental absence. Participants were recruited through pre-existing support groups in community agencies located near military installations.