The milspouse battle rhythm: communicating resilience throughout the deployment cycle
Melinda Villagran1, Mollie Rose Canzona, Christy J W Ledford
1a Department of Communication Studies , Texas State University.
Military spouses build resilience by communicating through deployment cycles. This communication helps them manage the challenges of separation and maintain well-being.
Area of Science:
- Social Sciences
- Communication Studies
- Psychology
Background:
- Military spouses face unique challenges due to frequent and prolonged deployments.
- The rapid deployment cycle intensifies the need for spousal resilience.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine the communicative construction of resilience among military spouses.
- To understand how resilience is enacted through communication during military deployments.
Main Methods:
- Qualitative study utilizing in-depth interviews.
- Analysis of narratives from 24 military spouses.
- Application of Buzzanell's (2010) framework of resilience processes.
Main Results:
- Resilience is communicatively constructed by military spouses.
- Communication helps spouses reconcile contradictory realities of deployment.
- Spouses use communication to navigate physical, psychological, and social difficulties.
Conclusions:
- Communication is central to military spouse resilience.
- Understanding these communication processes can inform support strategies.
- Resilience is an ongoing, dynamic process for military families.
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