Predictors of general well being among Army wives

Predictors of general well being were examined in a sample of Army wives who participated in the second and third iterations of the Unit Manning System Family Health Study. Nine variables measured at time 1 (including social supports, personality, domains of life satisfaction, and military life stress) and two aspects of husbands' duty schedule measured at time 2 were regressed on general well being (GWB) measured at time 2. Significant predictors of GWB at time 2 included GWB at time 1, personality, and predictability of husband's schedule at time 2. When GWB at time 1 was excluded from the model, other significant predictors emerged, including financial satisfaction, marital satisfaction, and number of days in the past 6 months that husband was away in the field.