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Changes in Parenting and Youth Adjustment Across the Military Deployment Cycle
Author(s) -
Flittner O'Grady Allison E.,
Whiteman Shawn D.,
Cardin JeanFrançois,
MacDermid Wadsworth Shelley M.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of marriage and family
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 159
eISSN - 1741-3737
pISSN - 0022-2445
DOI - 10.1111/jomf.12457
Subject(s) - psychology , software deployment , mental health , military service , developmental psychology , service member , military deployment , clinical psychology , military personnel , psychiatry , archaeology , computer science , political science , law , history , operating system
This study examined how changes in at‐home parents' mental health and parenting practices related to changes in their children's adjustment throughout the course of a service members' military deployment. Participants included at‐home parents from 114 National Guard families who were interviewed at four different occasions across the deployment cycle. The results revealed changes across the deployment cycle among the following three indicators: parental warmth, depressive symptoms, and children's externalizing behaviors. Changes in parental warmth were associated with changes in children's adjustment. Overall, these findings indicate that during parental separation, at‐home parents' responses to children have important implications for children's adjustment.