Re-integration stress for Desert Storm families: Wartime deployments and family trauma

Peebles-Kleiger, Mary Jo; Kleiger, James H.

doi:10.1007/bf02102943

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“…Peebles-Kleiger and Kleiger argued that deployment during wartime should be considered a "catastrophic" stressor to children and families, suggesting that wartime deployment would be traumatic in most or all circumstances (8). While these conclusions may be overstated, the recognition that deployment during wartime is different and likely more troubling than routine, non-combat deployments is realistic.…”

Section: Parental Deploymentsmentioning

confidence: 91%

Military Families and Children During Operation Iraqi Freedom

2005

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The general public has become increasingly interested in the health and well being of the children and families of military service members as the war in Iraq continues. Observers recognize the potential stresses or traumas that this population might undergo as a result of the military deployment or the possible injury or death of military family members. While such concern is welcomed, it is sometimes misplaced. Not infrequently, conclusions that are drawn are fraught with misunderstanding and bias based upon lack of understanding of the military community or a preconceived notion of the vulnerabilities of the population. This problem is compounded by the paucity of scientific study. In this article the authors review the strengths of military families as well as the unique challenges that they face. The authors also highlight parental deployment, parental injury and parental death as unique stresses to military children and families. Available and pertinent scientific information is reviewed. Clinical observations of children and families during the ongoing war in Iraq are presented.

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Section: Parental Deploymentsmentioning

confidence: 91%

Military Families and Children During Operation Iraqi Freedom

2005

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“…Postdeployment, or the reunion of the soldier with his family, may also be a time of heightened stress (Amen et al, 1988;Bey & Lange, 1974;Hardaway, 2004;Lagrone, 1978;Peebles-Kleiger & Kleiger, 1994). Vormbrock (1993) likened the 210 PALMER reunion to Bowlby's (1960) attachment research, suggesting a period of ambivalent responding characterized by anxiety and anger.…”

Section: Postdeployment Reunionmentioning

confidence: 93%

A Theory of Risk and Resilience Factors in Military Families

Palmer

2008

Military Psychology

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This article discusses risk and resilience factors that may affect military families, with a focus on frequent relocation, deployment, exposure to combat and PTSD, and postdeployment reunion as possible risk factors influencing child psychosocial and academic outcome. Research findings are presented as supporting a theoretical pathway that suggests that the effects of military life on child outcome may follow an indirect pathway involving parental stress and psychopathology, rather than military life directly affecting children of military parents. The proposed pathway also serves to highlight the need for further research on understudied resilience factors and provides suggestions for interventions that may benefit military families.Military families are relatively unique with regard to the constellation of factors that influence them. The confluence of specific risk and resilience factors raises interesting questions within the mental health field concerning issues of development, yet it appears to remain a relatively understudied population. For example, the concept of the "military family syndrome," which characterizes military families as consisting of authoritarian fathers, depressed mothers, and out-of-control children was introduced by LaGrone (1978; Jensen, Xenakis, Wolf, & Bain, 1991) decades ago. However, researchers continue to debate the evidence supporting this military stereotype, with some suggesting that thus far "we have no reliable data to modify or refute the military stereotype" (Terr, 1992) or to judge whether military life is hazardous to children and families. This article aims to review risk and resilience research about military families, in part to suggest potential avenues of research that could clarify such questions about family life in the military system. In addition, this article aims to use these research findings to provide support for a

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“…Relationship with others as a source of social support can facilitate the adaptation of amputation through tangible or informational aid, as well as through enhancement of self-esteem and self-confidence that bolster one's courage to face the disability (Gallagher & Whiteley, 2012;Salonna et al, 2012;Sinokki et al, 2010;Turner-Cobb, Bloor, Whittemore, West, & Spiegel, 2006). It is well known that combat operations place considerable stress on military personnel (Peebles-Kleiger & Kleiger, 1994). After returning from deployment, veterans must transition back into civilian life and reconnect with their loved ones.…”

Section: Ptgmentioning

confidence: 99%

Problem-Focused Coping Strategies Predict Posttraumatic Growth in Veterans With Lower-Limb Amputations

Tuncay¹,

Musabak²

2015

Journal of Social Service Research

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A growing body of research has examined the subsequent negative psychosocial changes and the related stress reactions in amputee military veterans. Although these studies help characterize the harmful effects of combat-related amputation, little research has examined factors that may enhance posttraumatic growth (PTG)-positive life changes experienced-as a result of amputation in this population. The purpose of this research was to examine the relationship between PTG, sociodemographic factors, amputation-related variables, and coping strategies in 106 Turkish military veterans (M age D 23.40 § 2.62 years) injured in combat operations with lower-limb amputations. Hierarchical regression analysis revealed that problem-focused coping strategies were significant predictors of PTG. Sociodemographic and amputation-related factors did not contribute to PTG. The favorable effects of certain coping strategies, such as religion, acceptance, planning, and active coping, and the negative effects of other coping strategies, such as denial and behavioral disengagement, suggest the potential benefits of interventions to reduce reliance on emotion-focused coping and stimulate more problem-focused strategies to coping with difficulties and challenges to facilitate PTG. Future studies should explore the role of social environmental variables (such as family functioning and support, attitudes toward veterans, etc.), in addition to personal resources, in fostering PTG in amputee veterans.

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Re-integration stress for Desert Storm families: Wartime deployments and family trauma

Cited by 45 publications

References 12 publications

Military Families and Children During Operation Iraqi Freedom

Military Families and Children During Operation Iraqi Freedom

A Theory of Risk and Resilience Factors in Military Families

Problem-Focused Coping Strategies Predict Posttraumatic Growth in Veterans With Lower-Limb Amputations

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