Assessing the processes of family-to-work spillover: A comparison of National Guard at-home partners experiencing military deployment and a non-deploying group

Abstract: Scholars have characterized as “extreme” the intersection of work and family in military service (MacDermid Wadsworth & Southwell, 2011) and periods of deployment …

Military Spouse Employment: 5 Recommendations for Removing Barriers to Entrepreneurship

Abstract: In recent years, a growing number of military spouses have begun leveraging advances in technology to transition away from traditional employment to operating their own …

Suffering in the shadows: Interviews with wives of combat veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and/or traumatic brain injury

Abstract: The body of research examining issues confronting combat veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars continues to grow. However, this research focuses primarily upon …

Evaluation of the Ministry of Defence Spouse Employment Support Trial

Abstract: This report details the outcomes of an evaluation of the employment support package offered by the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) to spouses of serving military personnel. …

Problem-focused coping mediates the effect of subclinical trauma symptoms in returning service members on psychological distress in their civilian partners

Abstract: Much correlational research has reported on the relationship that exists between clinically verified trauma symptoms in returning soldiers and self-reports of distress …

Being a Wife of a Veteran with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Abstract: We present the findings from a qualitative study examining the marital perceptions of 9 wives of veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Data were from a …

A qualitative study of former military spouses' adjustment to retirement from active duty service: Risk and protective factors that impact adjustment

Abstract:Military service members become eligible for retirement from the military following 20 years of active duty service. Military spouses of retiring career military officers …