Brief Summary: The Adaptive Parenting Tools (ADAPT) program was designed to improveparenting effectiveness among postdeployment military families with school-aged children. In thisstudy, a randomized comparative effectiveness trial tested whether participants […]
2024
Traumatic brain injury and relationship distress during military deployment and reunion (2024)
Brief Summary: Traumatic brain injuries (TBI), postconcussive symptoms (e.g., dizziness, sensitivity to noise), and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are relatively common among Service members returning from deployment. Using […]
The role of problem solving appraisal and support in the relationship between stress exposure and posttraumatic stress symptoms of military spouses and service member partners (2024)
Brief Summary: This study examined whether military spouses’ problem-solving resources mitigated the negative effects of stressful experiences on their own and their Service member’s posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS). 3,314 military […]
Replication and extension of the military family stress model: The after deployment adaptive parenting tools ADAPT4U study (2024)
Brief Summary: The military family stress model proposes that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) negatively influences parenting practices and marital quality, and these negative effects influence child adjustment. Using multimethod data […]
Predicting soldier retention from army spouse characteristics and attitudes: Soldiering on with spouse support (2024)
Brief Summary: With the goal of developing a theory that explains spousal influence on Service member retention, this study examined whether spouse resource use, perceived stress, and attitudes toward the […]
Parenting Profiles in Military Families: Intervention-Related Transitions and Relationships to Child Adjustment (2024)
Brief Summary: This study explored parental behavior patterns among 336 National Guard and Reserve families who participated in a randomized controlled trial of the ADAPT parenting program after a deployment. […]
Love Is Not All You Need: Understanding the Association Between Relationship Status and Relationship Dysfunction With Self-Directed Violence in Veterans (2024)
Brief Summary: This study examined whether relationship status and relationship dysfunction were related to Veterans’ self-directed violence (i.e., self-injury, suicidality). 1,049 Veterans self-reported their relationship status (i.e., living together or […]
Gender role reversal: Civilian husbands of U.S. military servicewomen as tied-migrant workers (2024)
Brief Summary: This qualitative study explored civilian husbands’ experiences as “tied-migrant workers” – spouses whose careers and employment opportunities tend to rely on their wives’ military careers. The tied-migrant worker […]
Examining Strength at Home Couples to Prevent Intimate Partner Violence on a Military Installation: A Randomized Controlled Trial (2024)
Brief Summary: Strength at Home Couples (SAH-C) is a group intervention designed to prevent and reduce intimate partner violence (IPV) among military couples. This randomized controlled trial examined whether participants […]
An exploration of potential pressures to engage in parenting accommodation of PTSD symptoms for military couples (2024)
Brief Summary: Partner accommodation refers to partners of individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) altering their behavior in response to the individual’s symptoms, and it often has a negative effect […]