Thinking "Big" About Research on Military Families

Abstract

Research examining military families is often limited by data collection challenges. Big data approaches can provide greater data access and a more robust picture of individuals, groups, and systems. In this article, the authors discuss the use of big data for military family research. First, they describe the Person-Event Data Environment, a big data solution currently used by the Department of Defense. Then, they discuss several datasets that incorporate constructs of interest to family researchers, including the Family Global Assessment Tool (GAT), a dataset on psychosocial wellbeing. Next, the authors describe the sample of spouses who have completed the Family GAT (n = 1250). Finally, they discuss theoretical frameworks that provide a foundation for big data research on military families, noting potential future directions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 19, 2017
Accession Number
AD1051749

Entities

People

  • Ashley C. Schuyler
  • Carl A. Castro
  • Kathrine S Sullivan
  • Mary Keeling
  • Paul B. Lester
  • Sara Kintzle
  • Stacy A. Hawkins

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Personnel
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Big Data
  • Data Sets
  • Death
  • Department Of Defense
  • Digital Data
  • Families (Human)
  • Health Care
  • Human Behavior
  • Institutional Review Board
  • Military Families
  • Military Medicine
  • Psychology
  • Public Health
  • Social Psychology
  • Training

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