We are still learning about the impact of deployment challenges of young children whose parent experience military wartime deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. To gain insight on this issue, MFRI contributing authors used survey data from 292 mothers of military children to study relations among military deployment factors, quality of maternal care and child attachment behavior with their mother.
Nyaronga D.
Understanding and Promoting Resilience in Military Families (2008)
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.