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 from 208 military families (mostly National Guard) participating in the After Deployment: Adaptive Parenting Tools (ADAPT4U) study, this research sought to test the military family stress model and compare links between mothers and fathers. Overall, more severe PTSD symptoms were related to lower marital quality and, in turn, to less effective parenting practices that were linked to poorer child adjustment. No key differences among these links emerged between mothers and fathers.
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Reference:
Cheng, C. H., Ali-Saleh Darawshy, N., Lee, S., Brigman, H., DeGarmo, D., & Gewirtz, A. (2024). Replication and extension of the military family stress model: The after deployment adaptive parenting tools ADAPT4U study. Family process, 63(1), 80–96. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12918