Parental deployment can impact child functioning and academic success. Standardized tests were used to examine the effects of deployment on the academic achievement of Army children enrolled at Department of Defense schools.
Using data from Active Duty and Reserve component Soldiers' spouses, the authors examined the relationship between military community integration, spousal well-being, and spouse preference for his/her Soldier to remain in the Army. Overall, integration in the military community was low.
Cohabitating female partners of male combat Veterans who were receiving outpatient posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment at two Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers completed a telephone survey to assess partner treatment needs and current rates of treatment use.
Survey data from military families with children aged 12 years and under were utilized to evaluate the effect of childcare issues on military readiness and retention.
Questionnaires of married couples (U.S. Army husband and civilian wife) investigated reported meaningfulness of service in relation to Army couples' marital satisfaction while accounting for Service members' posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms.
Mother-child dyads participated in a self-report and observational study examining the associations between mothers' emotional regulation, parenting behaviors, and children's emotion regulation. Observed maternal emotion regulation was negatively associated with unsupportive parenting.
Survey data from wives of male Service members who were receiving obstetric care at a Navy and Marine Corps military treatment facility were used to evaluate rates of perinatal depression and assess the impact of deployment as a risk factor.
The relationship between symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in male Veterans from different service eras and their female partners' desire for change in the relationship was examined.
Changes in military female spouses' relationship satisfaction were assessed over the course of a deployment cycle (pre-deployment, deployment, and post-deployment) via a combination of self-report questionnaires and interviews.
Survey data were used to examine the relationships among deployment (before and after childbirth), combat exposure, and maternal depression with a sample of female Active Duty Service members.