Military Children, Families, and Communities: Supporting Those Who Serve

Davis, Beth E.; Blaschke, Gregory S.; Stafford, Elisabeth M.

doi:10.1542/peds.2010-3797c

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“…There appears to be a spillover effect of OSI onto the spouse, as it has been shown that spouses demonstrate moderate to severe levels of secondary trauma and mental health issues (Ahmadi et al, 2011;Campbell et al, 2011;Davis, Blaschke, & Stafford, 2012;Gorman et al, 2010;Lester & Flake, 2013;Lester, 2012;Lincoln & Sweeten, 2011;Seamone, 2012). Strain within and disintegration of the marital relationship are not uncommon (Gorman et al, 2010;Holmes, Rauch, & Cozza, 2013), and the "increased burden and responsibility on the wife may reach a point where problems develop in her parental functioning" (Boricevic Mar sanic, Aukst Margetic, Jukic, et al, 2014, p. 301) such that it drains the parent of the capacity to attend to the needs of the children (Gorman et al, 2010).…”

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The Impact of Parental Operational Stress Injury on Child Mental Health and Well-Being: A Scoping Review

Cramm

Tam‐Seto

Norris

et al. 2016

Military Behavioral Health

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Recognizing the impact of parental mental health on child development, the purpose of this scoping review was to identify and synthesize the research literature describing the impact of parental operational stress injury (OSI) on children and youth from military and veteran families. Arksey and O'Malley's 2005 guidelines for conducting scoping reviews were followed. A total of 18 separate databases were searched, in addition to three university-based discovery platforms. From this search, 506 potential sources were identified; 64 proceeded to full data extraction and analysis. This study identified two significant themes in the current literature. First, there are multiple ways in which parental OSIs can impact children and youth. Families need to renegotiate parenting roles and responsibilities, experience changes in spousal relationships that can cascade into parenting, and face shifting family dynamics. In addition, children and youth can experience secondary traumatization, be at risk for child maltreatment, and manifest general impacts on their mental health and development. Second, responding to the impacts through collaboration and innovation. Future directions include informing research with the voices of all members of the family. Knowledge translation strategies are necessary for collaboration across all areas to support this population.

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confidence: 99%

The Impact of Parental Operational Stress Injury on Child Mental Health and Well-Being: A Scoping Review

Cramm

Tam‐Seto

Norris

et al. 2016

Military Behavioral Health

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“…34 Additional information about the history of military children and families is available in a recent Pediatrics supplement devoted to military pediatrics. 35 …”

Section: Effect Of Wartime Deployment On Children Previous Researchmentioning

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Health and Mental Health Needs of Children in US Military Families

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Davis²,

Services³

2013

Pediatrics

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The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have been challenging for US uniformed service families and their children. Almost 60% of US service members have family responsibilities. Approximately 2.3 million active duty, National Guard, and Reserve service members have been deployed since the beginning of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq (2001 and 2003, respectively), and almost half have deployed more than once, some for up to 18 months’ duration. Up to 2 million US children have been exposed to a wartime deployment of a loved one in the past 10 years. Many service members have returned from combat deployments with symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and traumatic brain injury. The mental health and well-being of spouses, significant others, children (and their friends), and extended family members of deployed service members continues to be significantly challenged by the experiences of wartime deployment as well as by combat mortality and morbidity. The medical system of the Department of Defense provides health and mental health services for active duty service members and their families as well as activated National Guard and Reserve service members and their families. In addition to military pediatricians and civilian pediatricians employed by military treatment facilities, nonmilitary general pediatricians care for >50% of children and family members before, during, and after wartime deployments. This clinical report is for all pediatricians, both active duty and civilian, to aid in caring for children whose loved ones have been, are, or will be deployed.

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“…Although resilient, military youth may still experience consequences related to external military factors such as parental deployment, multiple relocations, and internal factors unique to the work-family environment of military families. Additionally, exposure to multiple stressors may be of specific concern to interventionists and public health researchers who research and provide services to the nearly 2 million military dependents in the United States (Davis et al 2012; Department of Defense 2012). Among adolescents, depressive symptoms, anxiety, and self-efficacy are some of the developmental outcomes most clearly linked to experiences of stress and vulnerability.…”

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“…Living 30 min or more from the military installation may limit available resources and the support of others who understand the culture of military life (Davis et al 2012). The support that living near the military installation may provide can be important to military youth well-being and has been associated with fewer depressive symptoms and more self-efficacy (Robrecht et al 2008).…”

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Do Youth Development Programs Matter? An Examination of Transitions and Well-Being Among Military Youth

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The current correlational study examines the association between internal and external military family contextual factors (e.g., parental rank, having multiple military parents, school changes, living more than 30 min from a military installation, parental deployment, relationship provisions) and military youth well-being outcomes (i.e., depressive symptoms, anxiety, self-efficacy) in a sample of children of active duty military members (i.e., military youth). Data from 749 military youth, ages 11-14, were analyzed using structural equation modeling. The model explained a reasonable amount of the variation in the outcomes of interest (r-square statistics for depressive symptoms, anxiety, and self-efficacy were .151, .018, and .086, respectively). Results indicated that military youth who reported more social provisions experienced fewer depressive symptoms and more self-efficacy. Youth who reported certain military risk factors (i.e., parental rank; living farther from the military installation; multiple school changes) were associated with decreased well-being (i.e., more depressive symptoms and anxiety and less self-efficacy). However, findings suggest that participation in military programs may serve a moderating or buffering factor for these youth.

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Military Children, Families, and Communities: Supporting Those Who Serve

Cited by 33 publications

References 32 publications

The Impact of Parental Operational Stress Injury on Child Mental Health and Well-Being: A Scoping Review

The Impact of Parental Operational Stress Injury on Child Mental Health and Well-Being: A Scoping Review

Health and Mental Health Needs of Children in US Military Families

Do Youth Development Programs Matter? An Examination of Transitions and Well-Being Among Military Youth

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