Barriers to Seeking Mental Health Services among Adolescents in Military Families

Abstract: Military families with adolescents experience high levels of stress associated with parental deployment, but many of these families do not seek or utilize mental health …

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 …

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 …

Challenges Faced by Military Families: Perceptions of United States Marine Corps School Liaisons

Abstract: The global war on terror has placed a number of stressful demands on service members and their families. Although the military offers a wide range of services and …

Resilience Building Among Adolescents From National Guard Families: Applying a Developmental Contextual Model

Abstract: A better understanding of resilience building in military-connected children is needed to serve the needs of military families and sustain the security of the United …

School Transitions among Military Adolescents: A Qualitative Study of Stress and Coping

Abstract: The research on highly mobile military adolescents has produced mixed findings. Whereas early descriptive studies reported that adolescents experiencing multiple …

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 …

Programs for Children in Military Families

Abstract: This article reviews representative programs for families and children from each NATO and Partnership for Peace (PfP) country with a representative participating in the …

Supporting Service Children in Education Wales

Abstract: SSCE Cymru is pleased with the range of schools across Wales that took the time to share their experiences. The responses help us to understand the challenges schools …

The Impact Of Military Parents’ Injuries On The Health And Well-Being Of Their Children

Abstract: Parental injuries and illnesses affect child and family life. We hypothesized that military parental injury would adversely affect children’s preventive care, …

Implementing trauma-focused CBT for children of veterans in the VA: Providing comprehensive services to veterans and their families

Abstract: Military families experience unique stressful circumstances such as frequent moves, service-related physical and mental health difficulties, and separation from support. …