Reference:
Southwell, K. H., Coppola, E. C., Topp, D. B., & MacDermid Wadsworth, S. M. (2020). Continuity in psychological health and role functioning across deployment. Military Medicine, 185(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usz199
Summary:
“Scholars have described military deployments as one of the most stressful aspects of life for military couples. Deployment affects multiple roles and family members, yet little is known about the degree to which postdeployment outcomes are accounted for by predeployment functioning independent of deployment experiences.”