Identifying Military and Combat-Specific Risk Factors for Child Adjustment: Comparing High and Low Risk Military Families and Civilian Families
Abstract
Parental deployment can disrupt the care children receive both as a result of deployment-related separation and the potentially destabilizing impact of deployment on the remaining caregiver and daily routines. The project entails the assessment of parents (N=200) whose spouse/partner is currently deployed and has a child between the age of 3 and 7 and comparison groups of civilian single parent families (N=200) and civilian dual parent families (N=200). The objectives of this study are to: 1) identify and measure developmentally salient skills that are indicators of current adaptation among preschool and early childhood boys and girls of civilian intact and single-parent families. This will allow for the identification of military-specific challenges, if any, of child adjustment and developmental milestones, and; 2) examine the role of spousal-perceived Service Member risk on caregiver behaviors associated with parental deployment in the prediction of child adaptation. Specifically, we aim to determine the role of Spouse s ratings of partner risk during deployment predicting child adjustment by surveying families deployed in support brigades. Current progress includes successful IRB exemption and initial recruitment (n=61). The PI has changed institution and the award is to be transferred to her new institution.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2013
- Accession Number
- ADA586176
Entities
People
- Julie W. Aikins
Organizations
- Wayne State University