A Report on the Military Family Research Conference. Current Trends and Directions. September 1977.
Abstract
Major points and issues extracted from these proceedings included: (a) The more we study and learn about the military family, the better we will understand how the successful military family manages to coalesce the goals of the family with the goals of the military; (b) Even though the military family, as a class, is unique, and even though millions of American families are military families, very little formal research in this area has been conducted in the past, and much of what has been conducted has not reached the people who could put that research into practical application; (c) Parent responsibility, the values of the family and the parents of this society, including the military, have shifted drastically, and social and behavioral sciences can offer us an understanding of these very drastic changes; (d) The Army, Navy and Air Force are spending millions of dollars in the areas of drug abuse, alcohol abuse, and equal opportunity, but perhaps we need to redistribute the money and emphasize the whole area of the family within the military; (e) There is a large number of people in uniform paid to do nothing but support other people, and they have a responsibility to try to draw upon research; (f) The problems that occur in the military family and families in general when there is father absence, are often associated with the father coming back into the family, not just when the father is out of the family; and (g) Family togetherness has always been a critical factor, but it is much harder for the Navy to compete with the family today than in the past.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 10, 1978
- Accession Number
- ADA058492
Entities
People
- Edna J. Hunter
- Lucile Cheng
Organizations
- Naval Health Research Center