A program evaluation of a recreation-based military family camp

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 19-26
Author(s):  
Kathryn Mitchell, MS, CTRS ◽  
Jasmine Townsend, PhD, CTRS, CARSS-I ◽  
Brent Hawkins, PhD, CTRS ◽  
Marieke Van Puymbroeck, PhD, FDRT, CTRS
Keyword(s):  
Family Relationships ◽  
Military Families ◽  
Therapeutic Recreation ◽  
Military Family ◽  
Future Research ◽  
High Importance ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Program Components ◽  
The Military ◽  
Insight Into

Camps may be beneficial environments to provide military families with opportunities to participate in meaningful leisure to revitalize family relationships and to form connections within the military family community. While research has investigated the effects of these programs on veterans and families, limited research incorporates consumer-based evaluations of the service provider. Thus, the purpose of this study was to perform an evaluation of a therapeutic, recreation-based military family camp. A multiphase importance performance analysis (IPA) was implemented with 19 individuals who attended the camp. Participants rated program components using a 5-point Likert scale. Results revealed high importance and performance scores on all program components, as well as highlighted areas of programing with opportunity for maintenance and improvement. These findings provide recommendations for the improvement of this camp, as well as insight into future research and/or evaluations of military family camp programing.

scholarly journals Exploring news framing in military-oriented newspapers

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Brittany Carlson
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Military Families ◽  
Military Family ◽  
News Framing ◽  
Military Justice ◽  
News Reporting ◽  
Career Needs ◽  
Assault Victims ◽  
The Military

This research paper explores news framing within two military-oriented newspapers, the Stars and Stripes and Military Times, on the topics of sexual assault and the effects of deployment on military families, as well as the organizational and extramedia factors that influence how military news reporters frame news on these topics. Major frames for sexual assault include failures in the military justice system; a "troubling command culture" (Tritten, 2016); the difficulty that sexual assault victims in the military face in speaking out; and a worsening of sexual assault problems in the military system. Major frames for deployment effects include: not enough institutional/cultural support for military families with deployment-related issues; the need for military families to reconcile these issues; military spouses' tendency to shelve their own emotional needs during/after deployments; and the cultural stigma military mothers face when they deploy. The Military Times frames articles to include a broader audience and focuses on advocating for service members' health and career needs, while the Stars and Stripes focuses on a narrower military audience with emphasis on military family relationships. Both newspapers focused on pinpointing problems and causes in sexual assault articles, and solutions or moral implications in deployment effects articles (Entman, 1993). Perceptions of mission and audience appear to influence news reporting at military-oriented newspapers more than ownership.

Introduction

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Nathan D. Ainspan and ◽  
Kristin N. Saboe
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Military Families ◽  
Military Veterans ◽  
Service Members ◽  
Short Supply ◽  
American Military ◽  
Civilian Employees ◽  
Veteran Employees ◽  
The Military ◽  
Insight Into

The introduction of this book explains how industrial/organizational (I/O) psychologists and human resources leaders can use I/O research and best practices to understand military veterans and military families. This knowledge can help employers find, hire, and retain veterans as civilian employees in their organizations. This chapter first describes the American military as an organization, the demographics of the military, and why service members and veterans are different from other groups of individuals; it offers insight into the types of individuals who self-select into the military and then describes how the military develops the traits, skills, and competencies (including nontechnical “soft” skills) that are in high demand but short supply in the civilian labor market. In concludes with an explanation of how the military culture impacts the service members and how these elements create veteran employees who may differ in their tenure and their performance in civilian organizations.

scholarly journals Weight-for-Age Percentiles and Experience Impact Youth Wrestling Record over the Course of a Season (P23-010-19)

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Reymunde Wittmer ◽  
Steven Reggie ◽  
Erin O'Hora ◽  
Diane DellaValle
Keyword(s):  
Small Sample ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Hydration Status ◽  
Years Of Experience ◽  
Performance Variables ◽  
Funding Sources ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Weight For Age

Abstract Objectives Youth in weight-classified combat sports may attempt to change body weight to gain performance advantage. Differences between weight-for-age percentiles (WAP) and performance in youth wrestlers remains unknown. The purpose of this retrospective study was to examine the differences in performance between wrestlers above and below the 50th WAP over a wrestling season. Methods Participants included 22 male wrestlers from a team in the Pennsylvania Elementary Wrestling League (8.8 ± 2.1 years of age, 2.3 ± 2.3 years of experience). Retrospective data included age, weight, years of experience, family history, and frequency of wins, losses and forfeits over a 3-month wrestling season. Average WAP were calculated using CDC growth charts and wrestlers were assigned to one of two groups <50 th WAP (n = 10) and >50 th WAP (n = 12). Wrestlers were also categorized into two groups in terms of experience (≤2 years, >2 years). Differences between the two groups in performance variables were examined using ANOVA. Results We observed a significant difference between <50th and >50th WAP groups in total forfeits (0.6 ± 1.0; 2.0 ± 1.5, respectively, P < 0.02). There was an interaction observed between WAP group and years of experience in number of total forfeits (P < 0.132) such that wrestlers with <2 years of experience and <50th WAP experienced fewer total forfeits (0.3 ± 0.8) than those >50th percentile (2.0 ± 1.4). Those with more experience in <50th WAP also had fewer forfeits compared to >50th WAP. A similar interaction was observed between WAP group and years of experience in number of total losses (P < 0.187). Wrestlers with <2 years of experience, and <50th WAP experienced more total losses (4.8 ± 1.5) than wrestlers >50th WAP (2.0 ± 1.4). Those with more experience and <50th WAP experienced fewer losses than those >50th WAP. Conclusions We observed a significant difference in forfeits between average WAP groups and an interaction between experience and WAP groups in losses and forfeits in this small sample. Further research is needed to provide insight into how WAP mayaffect performance in this population. Future research may include a larger population, and variables such as BMI-for-age, hydration status, nutrition, body composition and additional factors that affect both weight and performance. Funding Sources n/a.

scholarly journals STRUCTURE OF THE SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR MILITARY FAMILIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, GERMANY AND SLOVENIA

2020 ◽  
pp. 101-116
Author(s):  
MATEJ JAKOPIČ
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Support System ◽  
Military Personnel ◽  
Military Families ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Military Family ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Military Chaplaincy ◽  
The Military ◽  
Two Bodies

Povzetek V prispevku obravnavamo antropološke in sociološke lastnosti vojakov ter vojaških družin. Predstavljamo urejenost podpore vojaškim družinam v Združenem kraljestvu, Nemčiji in Sloveniji. Natančneje preučujemo pravne podlage v Sloveniji, ki so temelj urejenosti podpore tem družinam, ter dejavnosti oddelka Celostne skrbi pripadnikov Slovenske vojske in Vojaškega vikariata, ki se v Slovenski vojski edina ukvarjata z njihovo podporo. V sklepnem delu opozarjamo na razhajanje med sistemsko organiziranostjo in individualnim pristopom v skrbi za te družine. S člankom se želimo približati odgovoru na vprašanje, kateri način podpore in skrbi za družine slovenskih vojakov je najustreznejši. Ključne besede: družina, vojaška družina, Slovenska vojska, Celostna skrb za pripadnike, Vojaški vikariat. Abstract The article aims to bring forth the anthropological and sociological characteristics affecting the military personnel and military families. It presents the structure of the support system for military families in the United Kingdom, Germany and Slovenia. For the latter, legal bases are presented regulating the support for military families, and the activities of the Comprehensive Care Section and the Military Chaplaincy, which are the only two bodies in the Slovenian Armed Forces to engage in the support of military families. The aim of the article is to contribute a piece of the answer to the big question: how to find the correct and appropriate path to help the families of Slovenian soldiers. Key words Family, military family, Slovenian Armed Forces, military personnel welfare, Military Chaplaincy

scholarly journals THE RELEVANCE OF MILITARY FAMILIES FOR MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS AND MILITARY SOCIOLOGY

2020 ◽  
pp. 51-68
Author(s):  
LJUBICA JELUŠIČ ◽  
JULIJA JELUŠIČ JUŽNIČ ◽  
JELENA JUVAN
Keyword(s):  
Military Families ◽  
Military Family ◽  
Service Members ◽  
Military Organization ◽  
Military Organizations ◽  
Military Sociology ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Volunteer Force ◽  
The Military

Povzetek Prispevek predstavlja zgodovinski pregled odnosa med vojaško družino in vojaško organizacijo, od prepovedi, zanikanja in nadzora do vključitve v vojaško skupnost. Prelomnica v obravnavanju družine je prehod na poklicno popolnjevanje, ko postane lojalnost družine do vojske bistvena za pridobivanje in zadrževanje vojaškega osebja. Hkrati je vojaška družina postala zanimiva vojaškosociološka tematika raziskovanja, tako v kontekstu sociološkega koncepta požrešnih institucij kot v dihotomiji ravnotežja med delom in življenjem. Vojske, ki so nastajale na slovenskih tleh skozi zgodovino, so sledile svetovnim trendom glede obravnave družin, slovenski vojaški sociologi pa so prispevali pomemben delež spoznanj o slovenskih vojaških družinah h globalnim vojaškosociološkim dosežkom. Ključne besede Vojaška družina, zgodovina odnosa med družino in vojsko, celostna skrb za pripadnike SV, raziskovanje vojaških družin v vojaški sociologiji. Abstract This article presents the history of relations between the military family and the military organization, which have varied from forbiddance, to ignorance, regulation, and finally to inclusion in the military community. The turning point appeared at a time of introducing all volunteer force when the loyalty of families towards the military became important for recruitment and retention of service members. This was also the moment for military sociology to discover the military families as interesting to deploy the general sociological concepts of greedy institutions, work-life balance, negotiation between military and family, etc. The militaries in Slovenian territory followed these trends. Slovenian military sociologists contributed an important part of the knowledge of Slovenian military families to global social science achievements. Key words Military family, history of relations between military and family, comprehensive care for service members of the SAF, the research of military families in military sociology.

scholarly journals Insight into the workforce advancing fields of science and technology

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank W. Pfrieger
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Publication Output ◽  
Bibliographic Databases ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Teams ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Context Specific ◽  
Insight Into

AbstractAdvances in biomedicine and other fields of science and technology depend on research teams and their peer-reviewed publications. The scientific literature represents an invaluable socioeconomic resource guiding future research. Typically, this growing body of information is explored by queries in bibliographic databases concerning topics of interest and by subsequent scrutiny of matching publications. This approach informs readily about content, but leaves the workforce driving the field largely unexplored. The hurdle can be overcome by a transparent team-centered analysis that visualizes the teams working in a field of interest and that delineates their genealogic and collaborative relations. Context-specific, but citation-independent metrics gauge team impact and reveal key contributors valuing publication output, mentorship and collaboration. The new insight into the structure, dynamics and performance of the workforce driving research in distinct disciplines complements ongoing efforts to mine the scientific literature, foster collaboration, evaluate research and guide future policies and investments.

scholarly journals Characteristics of pandemic work–life balance in Slovenian military families during the lockdown: Who has paid the highest price?

2021 ◽  
pp. 001139212110485
Author(s):  
Janja Vuga Beršnak ◽  
Živa Humer ◽  
Bojana Lobe
Keyword(s):  
Military Families ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Military Family ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Military Support ◽  
The Military

In April 2020, a survey was conducted among Slovenian military families, being one of the first surveys to be carried out in the country after the outbreak of the pandemic. The military was labeled a crucial institution in the efforts to combat the SARS-CoV-2 virus and was appointed to various activities, leading to a considerable increase in its workload. The burden of care and unpaid work at that time also intensified, becoming shifted onto the military family, particularly civilian female spouses. The survey’s purpose was to measure how military families evaluated their success in balancing between working from home, household work, childcare, and home schooling during the pandemic lockdown. The risk factors were observed on the micro (i.e., lack of extended family support, institutional childcare, and school lockdown) and macro (i.e., military support, national support measures) social levels. The analysis reveals that when it comes to military families the greatest price has been paid by female civilian spouses. The number of children and their age influence parents’ self-evaluation of their success with work–life balance. The results show that big families and families with primary school children have been struggling the most during the lockdown. Surprisingly, dual-serving families felt the most successful.

Professional Athletes’ Social Media Use and Player Performance: Evidence From the National Football League

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
Joon Ho Lim ◽  
Leigh Anne Donovan ◽  
Peter Kaufman ◽  
Chiharu Ishida
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
National Football League ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Media Content ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Player Performance ◽  
Game Performance ◽  
Insight Into

To examine how the level of humility expressed through athletes’ social media postings and post volume is associated with the athletes’ in-game performance, the authors collected National Football League players’ social media activities throughout one season, in addition to player performance and profile information. To account for the multilevel and panel structure of the data, they conducted a series of fixed-effects panel models. In addition to a negative relationship between social media posting frequency and performance, the authors found that players who post social media content with a higher level of humility are more likely to have better performances. However, this humility–performance association follows an inverted U-shaped relationship. The results provide insight into how critical athletes’ social media activity is for in-game performance. This study also provides important implications for athletes, team coaches, staff, and managers and provides guidance for future research.

The Loss of a Parent to Suicide in Military Families

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 339-345
Author(s):  
Jennifer S. Thomas ◽  
Steven L. Baumann
Keyword(s):  
Military Families ◽  
Identity Status ◽  
Military Family ◽  
Roy Adaptation Model ◽  
Parent Loss ◽  
The Military ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Loss Of A Parent ◽  
Status Theory

In this paper the authors explore the impact of loss of a parent to suicide on adolescents in military families using Marcia’s identity status theory and the Roy adaptation model (RAM). After describing a brief case study of a 13-year-old boy in a military family who lost his father in this manner, these two theories are applied to better understand his struggle to develop and maintain a healthy identity and adapt to numerous relocations, deployments, and then loss. The military family stressors are seen as weakening the resilience of children in such families, making them more vulnerable to the impact of parent loss. Implications for nurses and other healthcare professionals are discussed.

scholarly journals “The Strength behind the Uniform”: Acknowledging the Contributions of Military Families or Co-Opting Women’s Labour?

2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 57-71
Author(s):  
Leigh Spanner
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Military Families ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Division Of Labour ◽  
Military Family ◽  
Operational Effectiveness ◽  
Organizational Goals ◽  
Labour Relations ◽  
Canadian Armed Forces ◽  
The Military

Since 2008, the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) has called the military family “the strength behind the uniform.” The contributions and sacrifices of military families, and in particular spouses, are now formally recognized as essential to operational effectiveness, such as the ability to deploy troops quickly and easily. This represents a departure from previous eras, which took for granted the “naturalness” of a gendered division of labour in military households in support of organizational goals. Making visible and valuing this work parallels recent efforts by the CAF to improve the wellbeing of its people and advance gender equality in the organization and on operations. This article considers the gendered labour and power implications of formally recognizing the contributions of military families and spouses to the CAF. What does recognizing the military family as “the strength behind the uniform” mean for women and the gendered labour relations in military families? By drawing on analyses of policies, programs, and institutional rhetoric, alongside interviews by military family members, the article argues that in formally recognizing the family’s contribution to operational effectiveness, the CAF is co-opting the labour and loyalty of women spouses in military families. The institutional emphasis on “taking care of its people” obscures the ways in which the service required of military families is gendered and relies on women being constrained by traditional gender norms. These findings have implications for the genuine wellbeing of military families and for assessing feminist progress, or lack thereof, within the CAF institution.

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