Seventy-one Navy mothers were interviewed and completed standardized questionnaires before and after a scheduled deployment, 83 Navy mothers assigned to shore duty served as controls. Overall intentions to reenlist did not differ between the 2 groups.
An exploration on what influenced women in the military to reenlist was conducted. More specifically, the focus of this study was on better understanding factors such as deployment, psychological adjustment, and a woman’s commitment to family and motherhood.
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 acro
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.
As increasing numbers of women are recruited into the U.S. Navy, retention of women (especially in combat occupational specialties) lags behind men. Data indicate that women and men leave the Navy because of impact on their family.
Societal gender roles and norms may negatively influence female Service members' persistence in military career advancement, thus impacting retention of female Service members in the military. This study examined work and family expectations among 267 U.S. Naval Academy students.
Perceived social support is negatively associated with severity of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but the literature lacks data about specific sources of support.
There is evidence that perceived level of social support is negatively associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). An examination of the relationships between PTSD and perceived support from different sources were conducted in the study using two distinct samples of Service members.