Changes in Parenting and Youth Adjustment Across the Military Deployment Cycle
Abstract
This study examined how changes in at‐home parents' mental health and parenting practices related to changes in their children's adjustment throughout the course of a service members' military deployment. Participants included at‐home parents from 114 National Guard families who were interviewed at four different occasions across the deployment cycle. The results revealed changes across the deployment cycle among the following three indicators: parental warmth, depressive symptoms, and children's externalizing behaviors. Changes in parental warmth were associated with changes in children's adjustment. Overall, these findings indicate that during parental separation, at‐home parents' responses to children have important implications for children's adjustment.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Dec 28, 2017
- Source ID
- 10.1111/jomf.12457
Entities
People
- Allison E. Flittner O'grady
- Jean‐françois Cardin
- Shawn D Whiteman
- Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth
Organizations
- Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs
- Fox Valley Technical College
- Lilly Endowment
- Purdue University
- Utah State University