Female partners of OEF/OIF Service members participated in a year-long study focused on education, skill-building, and support for Service members.
How a child adjusts to kindergarten can impact their long-term school trajectory. Associations between child behavior, teacher relationship quality, academic skills, and achievement were examined among a cohort of 179 children who were followed from kindergarten through eighth grade.
Mental health diagnoses following deployment can influence Veterans' relationships and risk for domestic violence.
Vietnam Veterans and their partners participated in a study that investigated the relationship between partner psychological well-being and relationship functioning with Veterans’ sharing about their Vietnam experiences.
Family interaction styles may impact they way that families and family members overcome difficulties.
Many families place their children in care outside of the home during early childhood. As such, it is important to know the long-term effects of such care.
The associations between combat exposure, mental health symptoms, aggression and intent to divorce or separate during the four and nine month post-deployment period were examined. About a third of Service members (37%) reported marital problems at four months post-deployment.
This longitudinal study evaluated the bidirectional relationships between children’s prosocial behavior and parental sensitivity.
In order to test levels of agreement between adolescents and their parents, researchers surveyed adolescent–parent dyads from U.S. Army families about their perceptions of family functioning, social support, the adolescent’s frequency of anger, and the adolescent’s concerns.
Adolescents and one of their parents were surveyed regarding adolescent secrecy and disclosure to parents. The findings suggest that beliefs about obligations to disclose issues to parents were associated with actual disclosure.