This review of scientific evidence about resilience in children and families was compiled at the request of the Office of Military Community and Family Policy in the United States Department of Defense.
military families
Adjustments among Adolescents in Military Families When a Parent is Deployed (2005)
This qualitative study explores the many dimensions of the deployment experiences of 107 adolescents (54 percent male) in military families in order to better inform program professionals in developing support programs for young people.
Ethnic Variations in the Connection Between Work-Induced Family Separation and Turnover Intent (2004)
This study examines ethnic variations in the role of resources in the relationship between work-induced family separation and workers’ intentions to leave their employment.
Child Care Use and Satisfaction Among Military Families with Preschool Children (2004)
Using the 1999 Survey of Active Duty Personnel, this report examines the childcare arrangements used by military families with children younger than six.
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.
Accumulation of Risk and Promotive Factors Among Young Children in U.S. Military Families (2016)
This study focuses on strengths that reside within individual military children under the age of 10, while examining the risk and external (promotive) factors associated with each individual. Researchers found that risk factors, particularly parental depression, community poverty and cumulative risk, were more strongly associated with children’s outcomes than promotive factors.
The impact of deployment on parental, family and child adjustment in military families (2016)
Current research tells us that wartime deployment has a negative impact on the well-being of service members and their families. Few studies have looked at how parental deployments impact young children and their families. The authors of this article used deployment records, parent-reported information and examined the influence of deployment on military families with children under the age of 10.
The many faces of military families: Unique features of the lives of female service members (2016)
Female service members’ family structures are very different from traditional military families with a male service member. In order to gain an understanding of the influence of women’s service on their family functioning, in-depth telephone interviews were conducted with 20 civilian husbands residing in 11 states around the U.S.