Children in military families: establishing international collaboration

Abstract: Children in military families experience stressors associated with the demands of military life that may aff ect every stage of their lives and disrupt normal childhood development. Despite the evidence that such stressors have serious implications for the well-being of military families (and thus for military preparedness), very little research has been conducted in this area. Th e NATO Human Factors Medicine Research Task Group-258 (NATO HFM RTG-258) was established to assess the state of knowledge and practice regarding the well-being of children in military families. The resulting technical report, Impact of Military Life on Children fr om Military Families , is a detailed summary of the results and f i ndings of the NATO working group