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Adjustment and achievement associated with mobility in military families
Author(s) -
Marchant Karen H.,
Medway Frederic J.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6807(198707)24:3<289::aid-pits2310240315>3.0.co;2-a
Subject(s) - relocation , spouse , military service , psychology , competence (human resources) , military personnel , identification (biology) , developmental psychology , social psychology , sociology , botany , archaeology , biology , computer science , anthropology , political science , law , history , programming language
Forty Army families were investigated regarding their history of geographic mobility, identification with Army life, their personal well‐being and children's school achievement and social competence. Frequent relocation was not found to be detrimental to service member or spouse and, in fact, was positively associated with higher child and social competence. Military identification correlated with well‐being for service members, but not for spouses. However, it was the degree of spouse military identification that was more strongly related to children's adjustment than that of service members. The role of military living in reducing relocation stresses is discussed and implications are drawn for nonmilitary populations.