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The Transition Mapping Study -Understanding the Transition Process for Service Personnel Returning to Civilian Life

Abstract: Since the Armed Forces Covenant was published in 2000, there has been increased interest in the process of helping Service people transition from the Armed Forces into …

Integrating Life Skills into Relationship and Marriage Education: The Essential Life Skills for Military Families Program

Abstract: Military personnel and families experience significant challenges and need skills that will prepare them for extended periods of separation and other military demands. …

Self-reported emotional and behavioral symptoms, parent-adolescent bonding and family functioning in clinically referred adolescent offspring of Croatian PTSD war veterans

Abstract: The presence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in male war veterans has been linked with family dysfunction and psychopathology in their children [1, 2]. This …

Role of the military community mental health nurse (UK)

Abstract: Aim: To understand the role and effect of a community mental health nurse (CMHN) deployed to work with military personnel during sea-based operations. …

Military and Veteran Family-Centered Preventive Interventions and Care: Making Meaning of Experiences Over Time

Abstract: This commentary discusses key themes in four conceptually related papers in this special issue on military families. Individually, the papers highlight the importance of …

Armed Forces Continuous Attitude Survey: 2013

Abstract: This statistical release provides results from the Armed Forces Continuous Attitude Survey (AFCAS) 2013. Results from the 2013 survey are presented alongside those from …

The Promotional Role of School and Community Contexts for Military Students

Abstract: This article examines how supportive publicschool environments can serve as a promotional context for the development of children and adolescents from military families. …

Enhancing the Well-being of America's Veterans and their Families: A Call to Action for a National Veterans Policy

Abstract: This report is a product from the symposium, Enhancing the Well-being of America’s Veterans and Their Families: A Call to Action for a National Veterans Policy, hosted …

Face-to-face or Facebook: Can social connectedness be derived online?

Abstract: Previous research has identified the importance of social connectedness in facilitating a number of positive outcomes, however, investigation of connectedness in online …

The education of Service children: findings of a National Audit Office consultation

Abstract: This briefing paper was prepared to help inform the House of Commons Defence Committee’s inquiry into the education of Service children, its third in a series of …

Patriarchal Confusion? Making Sense of Gay and Lesbian Military Identity.

Abstact: This article investigates the possible uses of Cynthia Enloe’s idea of ‘patriarchal confusion’ in understanding gay and lesbian military identity. Through an …

A Resilience Perspective of Postpartum Depressive Symptomatology in Military Wives

Abstract: Objective: To estimate the prevalence of postpartum depressive symptoms in a sample of military wives, and to provide a comparative descriptive analysis of demographic, …