Understanding the Impact of Deployment on Children and Families

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 …

Deployment Experiences of Guard and Reserve Families

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 …

Helping Children Cope When a Loved One Is on Military Deployment

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 …

The Impact of Military Lifestyle Demands on Well-Being, Army, and Family Outcomes

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) …

Deployment Experiences of British Army Wives Before, During and After Deployment: Satisfaction with Military Life and Use of Support Networks

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 …

SAF V Survey Report: Adjustment of Army Children to Deployment Separations

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 …

Adjustments among adolescents in military families when a parent is deployed

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 …

A Cross-Sectional Survey of the Relationship between Partner Deployment and Stress in Pregnancy during Wartime

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 …

From Work-Family Balance to Work-Family Interaction

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 …