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Sarah T Giff1, Keith D Renshaw1, Sarah P Carter2
1Department of Psychology, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia.
Abstract:
Military deployments are known to be stressful for both military service members (SMs) and their romantic partners. Little is known about how coping strategies used during deployment may relate to one's own and one's partner's relationship satisfaction following deployment. This project investigated the retrospective report of how 154 SMs and their romantic partners coped with deployment-related stress, using previously established coping constructs of problem-focused, emotion-focused, and avoidance coping. Examination of relative associations of coping strategies and mental health symptoms with SMs' and partners' relationship satisfaction showed that partners' emotion-focused coping was positively related to both SMs' and partners' relationship satisfaction, whereas partners' avoidance was negatively related to both their own and SMs' relationship satisfaction. Results highlight the importance of partner coping within military couples and point to potential strategies for coping with deployment that are associated with enhanced relationship functioning after deployment.
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