Veterans with family support have better functional recovery and reintegration outcomes. However, families’ ability to support the veteran with PTSD’s rehabilitation and reintegration oftentimes is hindered by interpersonal challenges.
Military deployment of a parent is a risk factor for children’s internalizing and externalizing
problems. This risk may be heightened in National Guard and Reserve (NG/R) families who tend
Objective: The U.S. Air Force recently implemented system-wide changes that both (a) clarified the criteria used to determine when family maltreatment has occurred and (b) made the process by which these decisions are made more consistent.
The present study describes the sources of Air Force (AF) Family Advocacy Program referrals (N = = 42,389) for child and spouse maltreatment between 2000 and 2004. Sources of referrals were stable over time, with military sources accounting for the majority of both child and spouse referrals.
Purpose: Geographic moves have been reported to have a negative impact on the mental health of children, but it is often difficult to separate the effect of the move from the circumstances that impelled it. Military populations may offer a way to examine this issue.
The present study examined latent class trajectories of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and associations
between demographics, prior trauma, and reason for referral on class membership. Children ages 7–18 (n = 201)
Reintegration following deployment is a pivotal time for returning service members and at-home partners. We test logic
derived from the relational turbulence model about depressive symptoms, relational uncertainty, and interference from a
Although more than two million service members have experienced deployment since 2001, predictors of postdeployment family functioning remain unclear.
A sample of 248 enlisted active duty females married to civilian spouses completed a self-report survey that asked about their own and their spouse’s violence. The survey also asked about their sex-role attitudes, marital satisfaction, alcohol use, childhood trauma, and depression.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) youth face a disproportionate risk of a range of problem issues such as depression and drug use (Saewyc, 2011).