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Military Couples' Patterns of Family Work: Associations With Demographic Characteristics and Relational Functioning.
Clairee Peterson1, Catherine Walker O'Neal1
1University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.
Family Process
|May 21, 2026
Summary
Military couples
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Family Studies
Background:
- Military life imposes unique demands on families.
- Limited understanding exists regarding military couples' family work patterns and their impact on relationships.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify distinct patterns of family work (parenting and emotion work) among U.S. military couples.
- To examine the association between these patterns and relational functioning.
Main Methods:
- Latent profile analysis was used with dyadic data from 228 U.S. military couples.
- Identified four distinct couple profiles based on family work patterns.
Main Results:
- Four profiles emerged: less emotionally attentive (21%), highly involved mothers (29%), emotionally attentive (45%), and highly involved fathers (5%).
- Less emotionally attentive couples reported significantly lower relationship satisfaction, communication satisfaction, cohesion, and flexibility.
- Emotionally attentive couples showed higher relational functioning than the highly involved mothers group.
Conclusions:
- Family work patterns significantly influence military couples' relational functioning.
- Interventions focusing on enhancing emotion work may improve relationship quality for military couples.
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