Military Deployment and its Consequences for Families

341 Pages·2014·2.63 MB·English

by  Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth (auth.)

Risk and Resilience in Military and Veteran Families
Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth
David S. Riggs Editors
Military
Deployment and
its Consequences
for Families
Risk and Resilience in Military
and Veteran Families
Series Editor
Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth
Department of Human Development and Family Studies,
Military Family Research Institute,
Purdue University,
West Lafayette, IN, USA
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Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth (cid:129) David S. Riggs
Editors
Military Deployment and its
Consequences for Families
Editors
Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth David S. Riggs
Department of Human Development Department of Medical & Clinical
and Family Studies Psychology
Military Family Research Institute Uniformed Services University
Purdue University of the Health Sciences
West Lafayette , IN , USA Bethesda , MD , USA
ISBN 978-1-4614-8711-1 ISBN 978-1-4614-8712-8 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-8712-8
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To military families everywhere and all
who serve them

Acknowledgments
We are grateful to the National Military Family Association for its work on behalf of
families; we are pleased that they will receive the proceeds from this book. Of course
nothing would have been possible without the contributions of the conference speak-
ers and participants, which in turn were greatly facilitated by the excellent logistical
support provided by MFRI staff. We also wish to acknowledge with gratitude the
assistance provided by the panel of reviewers who provided constructive feedback:
(cid:129) Elizabeth Allen, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of Colorado at
Denver
(cid:129) Aaron Belkin, Ph.D., Director, Palm Center; Professor, Political Science
Department, San Francisco State University
(cid:129) Adrian Blow, Ph.D. Program Director Couple and Family Therapy Program,
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Michigan State
University
(cid:129) Anita Chandra, Dr.P.H., Senior Policy Researcher & Director, Behavioral and
Policy Sciences Department, RAND Corporation
(cid:129) LtCol. Molinda Chartrand, M.D., United States Air Force
(cid:129) Sanela Dursun, Ph.D., Director Research—Personnel and Family Support,
Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research, Canada
(cid:129) Christopher Erbes, Ph.D., Staff Psychologist, Minneapolis VA Health Care
System
(cid:129) Tanja Frančišković, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, University of Rijeka,
Croatia
(cid:129) Steffany Fredman, Ph.D., Center for Anxiety & Traumatic Stress Disorders and
Home Base Program, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital
and Harvard Medical School
(cid:129) Briana Nelson Goff, Ph.D., LCMFT, Director, Institute for the Health and
Security of Military Families, Professor, School of Family Studies and Human
Services, Kansas State University
(cid:129) Abbie Goldberg, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Clark University
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viii Acknowledgments
(cid:129) Talya Greene, Ph.D., Departments of Social Work and Disaster and Emergency
Management, Tel Aviv University, Israel
(cid:129) Joan M. Griffi n, Ph.D., Research Investigator, Center for Chronic Disease
Outcomes Research, Minneapolis VA Health System and Associate Professor,
Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School
(cid:129) Ramon Hinojosa, Ph.D., Research Health Scientist, North Florida/South Georgia
Veterans Health System, Department of Veterans Affairs
(cid:129) Michelle Kees, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of
Michigan Health System
(cid:129) Michelle Kelley, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Old Dominion University
(cid:129) Leanne Knobloch, Ph.D., Department of Communication, University of Illinois
(cid:129) Harold Kudler, M.D., Associate Director, VA Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness
Research, Education and Clinical Center and Duke University
(cid:129) James A. Martin, Ph.D., BCD, COL, USA-Ret, Professor, Graduate School of
Social Work and Social Research, Bryn Mawr College
(cid:129) Laura A. Meis, Ph.D., Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research,
Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota
(cid:129) Sarah A. Mustillo, Ph.D., Department of Sociology, Purdue University
(cid:129) Penny F. Pierce, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, COL, USAFR (ret), Director and Chair, PhD
in Nursing Science Program, Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences
(cid:129) David S. Riggs, Ph.D., Executive Director, Center for Deployment Psychology,
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
(cid:129) Joyce Wessel Raezer, M.A., Executive Director, National Military Family
Association
(cid:129) Lyndon Riviere, Ph.D., Research Psychologist, Military Psychiatry Branch,
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
(cid:129) William Saltzman, Ph.D., Associate Director, Nathanson Family Resilience
Center, University of California, Los Angeles
(cid:129) J. Jill Suitor, Ph.D., Department of Sociology, Purdue University
(cid:129) Shawn D. Whiteman, Ph.D., Department of Human Development and Family
Studies, Purdue University
(cid:129) Steven R. Wilson, Ph.D., Interim Department Head, Brian Lamb School of
Communication, Purdue University
Contents
1 Research and Training About Military Families:
Where Are We? ....................................................................................... 1
Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth, Linda Hughes-Kirchubel,
and David S. Riggs
Part I Relationship Functioning
2 Bridging the Distance: Illustrations of Real- Time Communication
of Support Between Partners and Deployed Members
of the National Guard ............................................................................. 21
Amber J. Seidel, Melissa M. Franks, Grady F. Murphy,
and Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth
3 Relational Turbulence Within Military Couples
During Reintegration Following Deployment ...................................... 37
Leanne K. Knobloch and Jennifer A. Theiss
4 Feasibility of Telephone Support Groups for Spouses
of Returning Iraq and Afghanistan Service Members ........................ 61
Linda Olivia Nichols, Jennifer Martindale-Adams, Marshall J. Graney,
Jeffrey Zuber, Patricia E. Miller, and Denise V. Brown
5 Evolution of a Research Agenda for Military Families ....................... 79
Cathy A. Flynn
Part II Parenting and Child Outcomes
6 General and Specialist Health Care Utilization in Military
Children of Army Service Members Who Are Deployed .................... 87
Mary Jo Larson, Beth A. Mohr, Laura Lorenz, Candice Grayton,
and Thomas V. Williams
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