Socioecological Model of a Military Family’s Health and Well-Being: Inside a Slovenian Military Family

Beršnak, Janja Vuga; Lobe, Bojana

doi:10.1177/0095327x221115679

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“…A cross-sectional study of service members and their female spouses was conducted; 5% of them constituted dual-serving families. Usually, the qualitative research approach is more appropriate to recognize and understand certain phenomena in the military (Vuga Beršnak and Juvan, 2013b), however our research aim was to carry out the survey during the first lockdown and collect structural data to discern patterns of similarity or differences as opposed to in-depth data. Further, the quantitative online survey enables greater anonymity, allowing service members to be more open in their answers.…”

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Characteristics of pandemic work–life balance in Slovenian military families during the lockdown: Who has paid the highest price?

Beršnak

Humer

2021

Current Sociology

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In April 2020, a survey was conducted among Slovenian military families, being one of the first surveys to be carried out in the country after the outbreak of the pandemic. The military was labeled a crucial institution in the efforts to combat the SARS-CoV-2 virus and was appointed to various activities, leading to a considerable increase in its workload. The burden of care and unpaid work at that time also intensified, becoming shifted onto the military family, particularly civilian female spouses. The survey’s purpose was to measure how military families evaluated their success in balancing between working from home, household work, childcare, and home schooling during the pandemic lockdown. The risk factors were observed on the micro (i.e., lack of extended family support, institutional childcare, and school lockdown) and macro (i.e., military support, national support measures) social levels. The analysis reveals that when it comes to military families the greatest price has been paid by female civilian spouses. The number of children and their age influence parents’ self-evaluation of their success with work–life balance. The results show that big families and families with primary school children have been struggling the most during the lockdown. Surprisingly, dual-serving families felt the most successful.

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Characteristics of pandemic work–life balance in Slovenian military families during the lockdown: Who has paid the highest price?

Beršnak

Humer

2021

Current Sociology

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“…The second aspect of adaptive resources significantly improved in the training activity is represented by the perception of the support received from family and partners. Often, one of the most important sources of stress comes from problems at home(Beršnak & Lobe, 2022). In the completed modules, ways to improve family and couple relationships were addressed, and the effects obtained were very high.…”

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Psychological intervention programme for developing resilience in the military personnel. A randomized controlled trial

Turliuc,

Balcan

2024

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Military gendarmes are frequently exposed to events with traumatic impact, with negative effects on emotional and physical health. The present research aims to analyse the effectiveness of Military Resilience Training (MRTR), a psychological intervention programme developed to reduce perceived stress, increase the perception of adaptive resources and strengthen resilience. Ninety‐eight participants who met the inclusion criteria were enroled in a single‐blind randomized controlled trial. The psychological training programme was implemented in the intervention group (n = 48) for a duration of 5 months. The participants in the control group (n = 50) were scheduled to start the training later. The levels of perceived stress, adaptive resources and resilience were measured in all participants, from the intervention and the control group, before and after the intervention, and at a 3‐month follow‐up. The effects of the intervention (Cohen's d) were very high for adaptive resources (d = 0.99), self‐schemes (d = 1.33), family support (d = 0.70), and partner support (d = 0.66), average for resilience (d = 0.53) and stress (d = 0.49), with very high effects on military task demands (d = 1.19) and averages for friction with authority (d = 0.51). The effects were obtained only in the intervention group, and all gains were maintained at follow‐up. This study provides evidence of the effectiveness of MRTR, a psychological intervention implemented in the military gendarmerie population. In the short and long term, MRTR has significant effects in reducing perceived stress, increasing the perception of adaptive resources and strengthening the resilience of military gendarmes.

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Beršnak

Juvan

Humer

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Military Families' Health and Well-Being

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Socioecological Model of a Military Family’s Health and Well-Being: Inside a Slovenian Military Family

Cited by 7 publications

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Characteristics of pandemic work–life balance in Slovenian military families during the lockdown: Who has paid the highest price?

Characteristics of pandemic work–life balance in Slovenian military families during the lockdown: Who has paid the highest price?

Psychological intervention programme for developing resilience in the military personnel. A randomized controlled trial

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