“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.”
Southwell K. H.
Female U.S. military veterans’ (non)disclosure of mental health issues with family and friends: Privacy rules and boundary management (2019)
“Grounded in communication privacy management (CPM) theory, this study explores the criteria female U.S. military veterans rely on when creating privacy rules regarding (non)disclosure of their mental health information with others as well as how female veterans manage privacy boundaries. Interviews with a diverse sample of 78 female veterans recently diagnosed with PTSD revealed examples of all five criteria for privacy rules proposed by CPM theory and illustrate how factors such as military culture, trauma, and risk/benefit assessments are interconnected.”
Continuity in psychological health and role functioning across deployment (2019)
“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.”
The use of university services and student retention: Differential links for student service members or veterans and civilian students (2018)
“Grounded in research and theory on college student retention, this study assessed differences in the use of various university services and the influence of key personnel on retention-related outcomes of student service members or veterans (SSM/Vs) compared with civilian students. Participants included 386 students, 199 (154 male, 45 female) of which were SSM/Vs and 187 (87 male, 100 female) were civilian students.”
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.