Advocating for America's Military Children: Considering the Impact of Parental Combat Deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan

2014 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 343-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith Lemmon ◽  
Elisabeth Stafford
Keyword(s):  
Military Children ◽  
Combat Deployment ◽  
The Impact

Military Serving at What Cost? The Effects of Parental Service on the Well-Being Our Youngest Military Members

2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alicia Gill Rossiter ◽  
Rita D'Aoust ◽  
Michaela R. Shafer
Keyword(s):  
Military Service ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Service Members ◽  
Veterans Administration ◽  
Military Children ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Military Members ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
Multiple Deployments ◽  
The Impact

Since the onset of war in Iraq and Afghanistan in April 2002, much attention has been given to the effect of war on servicemen and servicewomen who have now been serving in combat for over thirteen years, the longest sustained war in American history. Many service members have served multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and suffered from the visible and invisible wounds of war. Much work has been done in the Veterans Administration, the Department of Defense, and the civilian sector after observing the effects of multiple deployments and overall military service on the service member. A survey of the literature revealed that the ethics of conducting research on programs to assist these brave men and women is fraught with ethical concerns based on a military culture that often precludes autonomy and privacy. While strides have been made in developing strategies to assist service members deal with their military service issues, a serious lack of information exists on the impact of a parent's service on the health and well-being of military children. A discussion of current research on services for children is presented with an analysis of the ethical problems that have precluded adequate study of those who need society's help the most.

Relationship Satisfaction, Conflict and Psychological Distress: The Impact of Combat Deployment to Afghanistan on the Romantic Partners of Australian Army Personnel

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Turner ◽  
Danuta Chessor
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Romantic Partners ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Combat Deployment ◽  
The Impact

Coping with psychological suffering after combat deployment has been identified across a diverse range of wars and countries as having the potential to negatively influence the long-term wellbeing of female partners of veterans. The aim of the study was to explore whether romantic partners of veterans (N = 97) suffered higher levels of psychological distress and destructive relationship conflict, lower relationship satisfaction and perceived social support when compared to female Australians in the civilian population (N = 87). Australian participants completed an anonymous online survey, and overall means were calculated for each group and compared using independent samples t tests. Results from the study indicated strong support for all research hypotheses in the expected directions. Research findings suggest that Australian females romantically involved with Afghanistan War veterans are more vulnerable to experiencing relationship dysfunction and are at an increased risk of impaired psychological health in the Australian population.

U.S. Military Families

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Dekle
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
Military Families ◽  
Service Members ◽  
Military Children ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Education Standards ◽  
Time Basis ◽  
Key Indicators ◽  
The Military ◽  
The Impact

Social work with members of the U. S. military began during World War I and continues to evolve along with the military, its service members, and their families. This article provides an overview of the U. S. military as an organization that produces a unique culture; demographics that describe service members, military spouses, and military children; and some key indicators of the impact of military life derived from scientifically structured surveys and studies of service members and their families. It also identifies relevant professional practice and education standards for social workers who work with military families regularly and/or on a full-time basis as well as for those who are working with them for the first time and/or only on occasion. Woven together, the understanding of military families and adherence to established standards of practice discussed in this paper can provide the reader with a solid foundation for their practice when working with military families.

Affective Pedagogies for Military Children

2018 ◽  
pp. 52-87
Author(s):  
Rebecca A. Adelman
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Sesame Street ◽  
Stress Constraint ◽  
Military Children ◽  
Emotional Experiences ◽  
The Core ◽  
Internet Resources ◽  
Military Child ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The U.S

This chapter explores how a range of institutions, both state and non-state, negotiate the instability latent in the term ‘military child.’ Focusing on internet resources for military children, the chapter analyzes how the websites represent the emotional experiences of military childhood back to that very audience. The chapter begins with the story of Omar Khadr, illustrating the politics of recognizing the militarized political subjectivities of young people. It then turns to a genealogy of the so-called military brat and an overview of the various ways that the U.S. military has interfaced with children, and how these histories inform the investments of affection, admiration, gratitude, pity, and anger circulating around military children today. The core of the analysis is a comparison of two websites, Sesame Street for Military Families (SSMF) and Military Kids Connect (MKC). Military homes on Sesame Street are characterized by warmth, intimacy, and intense focus on children’s needs. By contrast, Military Kids Connect presumes a military household marked by varying degrees of stress, constraint, and dysfunction. In disparate ways, both of these websites acknowledge and deny the impact of militarization on children, while also instrumentalizing their emotional well-being and transform coping into a child’s patriotic obligation.

scholarly journals The Long War and Parental Combat Deployment: Effects on Military Children and At-Home Spouses

2010 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 310-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Lester ◽  
Kris Peterson ◽  
James Reeves ◽  
Larry Knauss ◽  
Dorie Glover ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Military Children ◽  
Combat Deployment ◽  
At Home

Minimizing The Impact of Deployment Separation On Military Children: Stages, Current Preventive Efforts, and System Recommendations

1988 ◽  
Vol 153 (9) ◽  
pp. 441-446 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel G. Amen ◽  
Linda Jellen ◽  
Edward Merves ◽  
Robert E. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Military Children ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Deployment Separation

scholarly journals Personality and Resilience as Determinants of Psychological Well-being among Military Children

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 356-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nity Sharma ◽  
Yashwant Kumar Nagle
Keyword(s):  
Military Personnel ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Emotional Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Military Children ◽  
Children And Families ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
As Stress ◽  
The Military ◽  
The Impact

The military children are a population who are susceptible to psychological stress from the hardships of military life, such as frequent moves and separation from their parents during deployment. Military children are resilient as well as stress prone at the same time. Whilefrequent moves build resilience, combat deployments of their parents makes them vulnerable to the risks associated with psychological and emotional health, attachment problems and coping while overcoming traumatic grief due to death of a family member. The risk is highestright after the military personnel leaves for deployment and immediately upon return. In order to understand the psychological health of children of military personnel, it is important  to understand their resilience and personality in relation to psychological well-being. In addition to being a personal trait, resilience is a product of the relationships between children and the resources around them. Despite needs to better understand the impact of deployment on military children and families and to provide proper support for them, rigorous research is deficient. A comprehensive approach based on strengths and problems, of military children and families, with a focus on the prevention, is the need of the hour. The present paper focuses on study of personality and resilience as determinants of psychological well-being. The study was conducted on military children (N= 124) of Army Public School, using HEXACO-PI, Brief Resilience Scale and Psychological Wellbeing Scale. The data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results and implications are discussed in the paper. Issues in need of further research are emphasized, especially research into programs that assist military children and families.

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