This study uses family stress theory to examine risk and protective factors associated with family members’ adaptation during times of stressful transition. Using an online survey, we gathered data from 151 U.S. Army National Guard members and their spouses preparing for a scheduled deployment.
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Total force fitness: The military family fitness model (2017)
This article describes the Military Family Fitness Model (MFFM), a comprehensive model aimed at enhancing family fitness and resilience across the life span. The purpose of this article is to (1) expand the military’s Total Force Fitness (TFF) intent as it relates to families and (2) offer a family fitness model. This article will summarize relevant evidence, provide supportive theory, describe the model, and proffer metrics that support the dimensions of this model.
Communication and connection during deployment: A daily-diary study from the perspective of at-home partners (2017)
In this study, 87 partners of deployed National Guard service members completed daily diaries, recording their entries for seven consecutive days on the same channels each time they communicated with their service member. Findings indicated that across the week partners who reported their service member provided them with higher levels of support and made decisions together more often as a couple felt more connected to their service member.
Food security, dietary quality, and use of resources are low among rural U.S. veteran food pantry users in a Reaching Rural Veterans pilot intervention (2017)
Reaching Rural Veterans (RRV) was a “one stop” longitudinal intervention provided at rural Indiana and Kentucky food pantries to enhance resource use among rural, low-income U.S. veterans. Food security, access to resources and dietary quality were evaluated at the beginning and end of a three month period.
U.S. military children and the wartime deployments of family members (2017)
In 2014, 1.8 million American children lived in military families, representing only a fraction of the U.S. children exposed directly to parents’ wartime deployments over the past 15 years. In this article, we summarize recent research about military children in U.S. families and propose directions for research.