The Long-Term Effects of Military Deployments and Their Relation with the Quality of Life of Dutch Veterans

Abstract: Experiences during military deployments may have serious negative consequences for the health and well-being of veterans. The literature presents a wealth of information …

Impact of Deployment on Military Families

Abstract: To date, approximately 300,000 families including 700,000 children have been affected by the increased and repeated number of deployments in support of the Global War on …

Family-Centered Preventive Intervention for Military Families: Implications for Implementation Science

Abstract: In this paper, we report on the development and dissemination of a preventive intervention, Families OverComing Under Stress (FOCUS), an eight-session family-centered …

Maintaining “the Family” During Deployment: Presence Work by Military Families

Abstract: Studies of military families show growing concern about how deployments affect them. Recent scholarship proposed that new communications technology will make it easier …

Mothering very young children after wartime deployment: A case report

Abstract: Parenting very young children in the context of military service, deployment separations, and war-related trauma can be challenging for many families. Female active duty …

Children on the Homefront: The Experience of Children From Military Families

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: Although studies have begun to explore the impact of the current wars on child well-being, none have examined how children are doing across social, …

Family Functioning Differences Across the Deployment Cycle in British Army Families: The Perceptions of Wives and Children

Abstract: Introduction: Military deployment can have an adverse effect on a soldier's family, though little research has looked at these effects in a British sample. We …

Religious and spiritual issues: Family therapy approaches with military families coping with deployment

Abstract: Exploring religious and spiritual issues in family therapy has become more commonplace over the past decade (Walsh, Spiritual resources in family therapy, 2009), but …

Loneliness among Veterans in the Netherlands

Abstract: Loneliness among military veterans may have unique features because of deployment-related experiences. Consequently, loneliness is increasingly recognized as an issue …

A decade of deployments: 2010 to 2020

This summary piece documents the deployments of the UK Armed Forces over the decade 2010-2020.

U.S. military Veterans’ health and well-being in the first year after service

Abstract: Introduction: This study examined the health and well-being of U.S. veterans during the first year after military service and tested several hypotheses regarding …

The Impact of Parental Military Service on Child Well-being

Abstract: Introduction: The aim of this review is to evaluate the literature on the association between parental military-related factors and child well-being. Methods: We …