Although military deployment has been suggested as a possible cause of increases in domestic violence, little is known about it. The purpose of this study was to determine if deployment of 6 months to Bosnia predicted early postdeployment domestic violence.
It is important to study the relationship between deployment and domestic violence. By administering anonymous surveys to both deployed and non-deployed male Service members, the study examined the relationship between deployment and domestic violence.
Objective: Parenting through the deployment cycle presents unique stressors for military families.
Deployment may have a unique impact on very young children (i.e., birth to six years old) in military families. This study evaluated the efficacy of an eight-module home-visiting program directed at increasing postdeployment parenting functioning in military families with very young children.
The effectiveness of marriage education was evaluated in two separate samples of primarily married couples in which at least one member of the couple was on active duty in the U.S. Army. The intervention was delivered by Army chaplains.
An evaluation of the prevention and relationship enhancement program in two separate samples in which at least one member of the couple was on Active Duty in the U.S. Army was conducted. The intervention was delivered by Army chaplains in a two weekend retreat format.
In the Iraq and Afghanistan war context, studies have found that military-connected youth— youth with parents and/or siblings serving in the military—have higher rates of school victimization than their nonmilitary-connected peers.
Military-connected youth (i.e., having a parent or sibling in the military) may be more likely to experience peer victimization than their nonmilitary-connected counterparts.
Formal systems and informal networks are presumed to be significant contexts that affect military families. Their effects on both parents and adolescents in active duty military families are examined (N = 236 families).