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Testing a Military Family Stress Model
Abigail H Gewirtz1, David S DeGarmo2, Osnat Zamir3
1Department of Family Social Science & Institute of Child Development, & Institute for Translational Research in Children's Mental Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
Family Process
|March 17, 2017
Summary
Military parents
Area of Science:
- Military Psychology
- Family Studies
- Trauma and Stress Research
Background:
- Military families face unique stressors, particularly deployment-related challenges.
- Previous research indicates potential impacts of parental deployment on family functioning and child well-being.
- Understanding the specific pathways of stress is crucial for effective support interventions.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine a military family stress model.
- To evaluate associations between deployment stressors (length, number, PTSD symptoms) and family adjustment.
- To investigate impacts on parent, child, parenting, and dyadic adjustment.
Main Methods:
- Recruited 293 married families with children aged 4-12 from a Midwestern state.
- Service members were from the Reserve Component (National Guard/Reserves) with prior deployment to Iraq/Afghanistan.
- Utilized multiple methods (observations, questionnaires) and informants (parents, children, teachers) for data collection.
Main Results:
- Parental posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms linked to child adjustment across multiple reports.
- Mothers' PTSD symptoms associated with dyadic adjustment and parenting practices.
- Parenting practices mediated the relationship between mothers' PTSD symptoms and child adjustment.
Conclusions:
- Parental PTSD symptoms significantly impact child adjustment in military families.
- Maternal PTSD affects couple relationships and parenting, which in turn influences children.
- Findings support targeted interventions for military families, focusing on parental mental health and parenting support post-deployment.
Keywords:
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