Wartime Stress: Family Adjustment to Loss

Abstract

Wartime loss is a significant source of stress for military family members. Such loss may be prolonged but temporary, as during armed conflicts, peacekeeping, missions or prisoner of war experiences. It may be ambiguous and indefinite as in the missing in action or hostage experience, or, it may be permanent, as when the serviceperson is killed in action or has been presumed to have died in captivity. This report reviews the literature on wartime stress and the military family's adjustment to these losses.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 31, 1981
Accession Number
ADA104428

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People

  • Edna J. Hunter

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Families (Human)
  • Health Services
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Families
  • Military Medicine
  • Military Research
  • Military Science
  • Personnel Management
  • Prisoners Of War
  • Psychology
  • Second World War
  • Students
  • Therapy
  • United States
  • Vietnam War
  • War Colleges

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  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Naval Personnel Management
  • Psychological Intervention/Treatment for Stress, Anxiety, PTSD, and Related Emotional and Cognitive Health Symptoms.