Reintegration Difficulty of Military Couples Following Deployment

Abstract

The reentry of service members back into family life after deployment can be extremely challenging for military couples. Understanding the factors that contribute to the reintegration difficulty of returning service members and at-home partners is essential for attracting, retaining, and safeguarding the nations best military personnel. The goal of this project is to evaluate how peoples mental health symptoms and romantic relationship characteristics predict their difficulty with reintegration. The research design is an 8-wave longitudinal study in which 250 military couples complete an online survey once per month for eight consecutive months beginning at homecoming (4,000 total observations). Military couples are eligible to participate if (a) individuals are involved in a romantic relationship, and (b) both partners complete the Wave 1 survey during the first week after reunion following deployment. We will use the data to generate research-based guidelines for reintegration.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2015
Accession Number
AD1003344

Entities

People

  • Leanne K Knobloch
  • Lynne M Knobloch-Fedders

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Deployment
  • Electronic Mail
  • Families (Human)
  • Institutional Review Board
  • Management Personnel
  • Medical Personnel
  • Mental Health
  • Military Families
  • Military Personnel
  • National Guard
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Psychology
  • Social Media
  • Social Networking Services
  • Social Psychology
  • Students
  • Teamwork

Readers

  • Psychological Intervention/Treatment for Stress, Anxiety, PTSD, and Related Emotional and Cognitive Health Symptoms.