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Description/Abstract
This research examines stress on spouses and children as a result of family deployment during the Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, and found that the cumulative length of parental deployment was associated with an increased risk of child depression. This study indicates that children who have experienced more cumulative months of combat deployments over their lifetime are at a greater risk for psychological distress, and would benefit from policy that promotes programs addressing the needs of families during deployment and upon return from active duty. Future research should draw a random sample of families to counter any bias present in this study, as families in this study were not randomly selected.
Original Citation
Lester, P., Peterson, K., Reeves, J., Knauss, L., Glover, D., Mogil, C., Duan, N., Saltzman, W., Pynoos, R., Wilt, K., & Beardslee, W. (2010). The long war and parental combat deployment: Effects on military children and at-home spouses. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 49(4), 310–320W.
Document Type
Brief
Disciplines
Family, Life Course, and Society | Military and Veterans Studies | Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Extent
2 pages
DCMI Type
Text
Keywords
Military families, Deployment, Mental health, Research brief
Subject
Deployment (Strategy); Families of military personnel; Mental health
Publisher
Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University
Date
Summer 6-8-2012
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University, "Research Brief: "The Long War and Parental Combat Deployment: Effects on Military Children and At-Home Spouses"" (2012). Institute for Veterans and Military Families. 355.
https://surface.syr.edu/ivmf/355
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