Religion and the PW/MIA Family

Abstract

A comparison was made between 107 PW/MIA wives who had indicated during personal interviews held prior to their husbands' release that religion was a substantial source of help during prolonged husband/father absence and a second group of 44 PW/MIA wives who reported receiving no help from religion. Between-group differences were examined for age and background factors, choice of leisure activities, manifestation of emotional symptoms, the need for psychological help, present feelings about the marriage, and the frequency of adjustment and behavior problems reported for their children. The findings appeared to indicate that PW/MIA wives who found religion helpful in coping with husband/father absence presented a pattern of coping behaviors and demographic characteristics which differed significantly from those of the wives who indicated religion was of no value to them. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA038369

Entities

People

  • Barbara B. Dahl
  • Edna J. Hunter
  • Hamilton I. Mccubbin
  • John A. Plag
  • Philip J. Metres Jr.

Organizations

  • Naval Health Research Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Age Groups
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • California
  • Casualties
  • Data Analysis
  • Demography
  • Depression
  • Families (Human)
  • Frequency
  • Marriage
  • Organizational Realignment
  • Prisoners
  • Prisoners Of War
  • Psychological Adaptation
  • Religion
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Psychological Intervention/Treatment for Stress, Anxiety, PTSD, and Related Emotional and Cognitive Health Symptoms.