“…For instance, military families are considered to be generally resilient (Sheppard, Malatras, & Israel, 2010); in addition, some research on posttraumatic growth suggests that deployments generally, and traumatic experiences specifically, may be associated with beneficial psychological outcomes (e.g., Bonanno, 2004). These effects have been documented in studies of veterans of the Vietnam War (e.g., Dohrenwend et al, 2004;Feder et al, 2008;Schnurr, Rosenberg, & Friedman, 1993;Sledge, Boydstun, & Rabe, 1980), the Yom Kippur War (e.g., Solomon & Dekel, 2007), the Persian Gulf War (e.g.. Maguen, Vogt, King, King, & Litz, 2006), and, most recently, the OIF/OEF confiicts (Pietrzak et al, 2010). Increases in factors related to resiliency (e.g., access to comprehensive health care, consistent employment, on-base organizations created specifically to support families; Sheppard et al, 2010) or posttraumatic growth following deployment could contribute to the lower rates of mild abuse found in the current study.…”