Abstract: Understanding how family members fare during and after servicemembers’ deployment is critical for assessing the need for programs to serve these families and to …
Abstract: Use of the Guard and Reserve has steadily increased since the first Gulf War in the early 1990s, and this trend is likely to continue as the Global War on Terror …
Abstract: A mericans read the big, bold newspaper headlines: “U.S. to Send New Soldiers to Afghanistan,” “Duty Calls,” and “Local Guard Soldiers Headed to Iraq.” When …
Abstract: Adopting M. Segal’s framework, we focused on examining four military lifestyle demands—(1) risk of service member injury or death, (2) frequent relocations, (3) …
Abstract: During deployments, Service wives have to adapt to being alone and taking sole responsibility for their families and house-holds whilst dealing with the additional …
Abstract: Deployment separation is not only potentially stressful for army families but this stress can also impact back upon the soldier parent who's deployed. This paper …
Abstract: This report summarizes the findings of a study supported by the Military Family Research Institute and the DOD Quality of Life Office that focused on the adaptations of …
Abstract: Objective: The objective of this study was to determine if having a partner deployed during wartime increased the stress levels in pregnant women and altered their …
Abstract: Segal’s (1988) research in work-family conflict looks at the fate of an “employee” who is caught between the demands of two very greedy institutions: the military …