The effects of parent combat exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms can impact families long after deployment.
Military veterans are among those most affected by posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to combat-related experiences and are often reluctant to seek long-term services.
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following deployment is often associated with distress, not just in Service members, but also in their partners.
PURPOSE: To explore the experiences of military spouses living with veterans with combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Spouses are often a main source of support for Veterans and may be strongly impacted by Veterans' symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Female spouses of Veterans with PTSD were interviewed about what it was like living with a Veteran with PTSD.
Using survey data from 292 mothers married to members of the U.S. military, the authors examined relations among military deployment factors, quality of maternal care, and child attachment behavior with the mother.
Separation or decreased quality of parenting may affect child attachment during military deployment. Relationships between child attachment, mother depressive symptoms and quality of child care, and father involvement and deployment variables were examined.
This study examined the relationships between domains of stress (work-related, familyrelated, finances-related, health-related), coping style, substance use, and symptoms of depression with level of job functioning among women and men in the U.S. armed forces.
Male and female Service members may be impacted by stressors differently, particularly given the predominately male composition of the military.
Department of Defense (DoD) surveys were examined to develop a demographic profile of military families affected by divorce and remarriage.