Importance: Military families and military-connected youth exhibit significant strengths; however, a sizeable proportion of these families appear to be struggling in the face of war-related stressors.
Data from the 2013 California Healthy Kids Survey (N = 688,713) were used to examine associations between military affiliation and youth substance use, violence, and weapon carrying.
During deployment of National Guard or reserve troops to Iraq or Afghanistan, spouses on the home front have been largely invisible to our collective consciousness. A total of 18 spouses living in rural Wisconsin were interviewed to identify sources of stress and coping strategies.
Interview data from National Guard and Reserve spouses were utilized to identify sources of stress throughout the deployment cycle and explore spouses' coping strategies. Stressors varied from pre-deployment through post-deployment, as did coping responses.
Spiritual care is an important domain of palliative care programs across the country and in the Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare System specifically.
Male Veterans with life expectancies of less than 12 months and nine of their family members completed a semi-structured interview to assess their spiritual needs, the spiritual care they have received, and their satisfaction with spiritual care.
How does having a sibling in the military affect young adults? Despite increasing attention to the challenges faced by spouses and children of servicemembers, the siblings of servicemembers have been largely ignored in the existing literature.
Siblings of current or recent Service members were interviewed to explore how having a family member in the military impacts their family.
Military-connected (MC) children can face emotional and academic challenges, but little is known about how these affect schools. This study gathered the perceptions of principals, school counselors, and teachers at eight MC public schools.
Interviews and focus groups were conducted with principals, counselors, and teachers at military-connected public schools to explore the broad impact of military-connected student enrollment on schools and educators.