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Military Deployment and Reintegration: A Systematic Review of Child Coping
Author(s) -
BelloUtu Cindy F.,
DeSocio Janiece E.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6171
pISSN - 1073-6077
DOI - 10.1111/jcap.12099
Subject(s) - software deployment , coping (psychology) , cinahl , military deployment , mental health , psychology , child health , medicine , clinical psychology , psychiatry , family medicine , psychological intervention , computer science , operating system
Topic Child coping with parent military deployment and family reintegration. Purpose A systematic review of research literature was conducted to examine the effects of deployment and family reintegration on children in military families. Sources Used A search of CINAHL , PubMed, Psyc‐INFO , and SocINDEX databases was performed using the terms “military family,” “military child,” “child coping,” “deployment,” and “reintegration.” The search was limited to publications between 2001 and 2014 to focus on the effects of O peration E nduring F reedom ( OEF ), O peration I raqi F reedom ( OIF ), and O peration N ew D awn ( OND ). Twenty‐seven research reports met inclusion criteria. Conclusions Three themes were extracted: A child's coping is influenced by (a) the child's age and development, (b) the mental health and coping of the non‐deployed parent during deployment, and the mental health of both parents during family reintegration, and (c) the pre‐existing resilience/vulnerability, cumulative risks, and resources of the child and family.