The U.S. Navy New Parent Support Program (NPSP) aims to improve participants’ parenting skills, reduce their parenting stress, and help the Service Members to concentrate on their jobs. The purpose of the study was to evaluate participants’ perception of NPSP.
The belief that enlisted military divorce rates are unusually high is a recurring theme expressed among those living in the military community, yet quantitative data on military divorce rates remain a virtual lacuna.
An assessment of the divorce rates of military personnel was conducted. This study used the military data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) and conducted a multivariate analysis of divorce rates among young military couples.
Military personnel can be exposed to a wide range of sexual trauma while deployed, including sexual harassment and sexual assault.
Different types of sexual trauma during deployment were analyzed to explore possible links to suicidal ideation.