The relationships and families of active duty (AD) service members have been tremendously strained by deployments and high operations' tempo.
Active Duty U.S. Air Force Security Forces completed questionnaires and participated in a focus group post-deployment. Participants reported about supports for their intimate relationships.
Military deployment is a stressful event that can create numerous challenges; yet many families are able to maintain resilience. This study examines how military spouses/partners cope, individually and within their families, during spousal deployment.
Female spouses of currently deployed Service members were interviewed to examine spousal coping strategies. Spouses described multiple helpful coping strategies during deployment, including being flexible, informing and reassuring children, and engaging in healthy behaviors.
In contrast to romanticized portrayals of reunion after deployment, U.S. military personnel may contend with the harsh reality of both depressive symptoms and upheaval in their romantic relationships during the postdeployment transition.
This study evaluated relational uncertainty and interference from partners as potential mechanisms linking depressive symptoms with relationship satisfaction.
Child care and parenting needs of adults with mental illness are of growing concern, especially among those seeking Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) mental health services.
Lack of child care may be a major barrier for some military parents seeking mental health services through the Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system.Veterans seeking outpatient mental health services were surveyed regarding their parenting and child care needs.
Objective: Limited data suggest that the children of U.S. service members may be at increased risk for disordered-eating. To date, no study has directly compared adolescent military-dependents to their civilian peers along measures of eating pathology and associated correlates.
Many female youth suffer from disordered eating, and stress, including military stress, may play a role in eating habits. Eating disorder and depression symptoms, as well as social adjustment, were compared between female military and civilian dependents.