The Families of U. S. Navy Prisoners of War from Vietnam Five Years after Reunion

Nice, D. Stephen; McDonald, Barbara A.; McMillian, Tom

doi:10.2307/351393

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“…Indeed, several studies of Vietnam veterans have confirmed this prediction. For example, a comparison of former Navy POWs and matched Navy controls observed significantly higher rates of divorce among the former POWs (Nice, McDonald, and McMillian, 1981). A more recent study of Navy aviators who had been POWs and a comparison group of aviators who had not been captured also found higher rates of divorce among the POWs (Cohan, Cole, and Davila, 2005).…”

Section: Families Under Stressmentioning

confidence: 91%

Families Under Stress: An Assessment of Data, Theory, and Research on Marriage and Divorce in the Military

Karney¹,

Crown²

2007

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Section: Families Under Stressmentioning

confidence: 91%

Families Under Stress: An Assessment of Data, Theory, and Research on Marriage and Divorce in the Military

Karney¹,

Crown²

2007

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“…Impaired communication, decreased intimacy, and disagreement over disciplining children have been reported to result in conflict and marital difficulty upon reunion (Bey & Lange, 1974). In addition, while divorce rates tend to be lower for the military (Morrison, 1981;Williams, 1976), rates may increase after reunion (Vormbrock, 1993), particularly for POW couples (Hunter, 1984;Nice, McDonald, & McMillian, 1981). These findings appear similar to research on deployment with regard to the likely probability that heightened parental stress and pathology negatively impact parent-child interactions and ultimately affect child outcome.…”

Section: Postdeployment Reunionmentioning

confidence: 96%

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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“…Each POW was rated for every dimension us¬ ing a scale of 0 to 3, where 0 indicated none; 1, slight; 2, moderate; and 3, marked. The 13 items were (1) flat or bland affect, (2) sad or depressed affect, (3) gay or euphoric affect, (4) inappro¬ priate affect, (5) apathy, (6) feelings of guilt, (7) ambivalence, (8) overcontrol of emotions, (9) anxiety, (10) depression, (11) emotional lability, (12) recurrent in¬ trusive feelings or emotions, and (13) anger. The ratings of severity of prob¬ lems with particular organ systems in¬ cluded cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, Statistics were computed on POWs or comparison group members In the sample vs POWs or comparison group members not in the sample.…”

Section: Identification Of Samplementioning

confidence: 99%

Long-term Health Outcomes and Medical Effects of Torture Among US Navy Prisoners of War in Vietnam

Nice¹,

Garland²,

Hilton³

et al. 1996

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

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The Families of U. S. Navy Prisoners of War from Vietnam Five Years after Reunion

Cited by 34 publications

References 6 publications

Families Under Stress: An Assessment of Data, Theory, and Research on Marriage and Divorce in the Military

Families Under Stress: An Assessment of Data, Theory, and Research on Marriage and Divorce in the Military

A Theory of Risk and Resilience Factors in Military Families

Long-term Health Outcomes and Medical Effects of Torture Among US Navy Prisoners of War in Vietnam

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