The impact of parental military service on child well-being

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dc.contributor.authorBlamey, H., Phillips, A., Hess, D. C., & Fear, N. T.
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-06T18:06:12Z
dc.date.available2022-07-06T18:06:12Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this review is to evaluate the literature on the association between parental military-related factors and child well-being. Methods: We conducted a literature search for research published from 2000–2017 from NATO and Partnership for Peace (PfP) countries in the English language only. Eligible studies were those that included topics of military personnel and children’s well-being; papers that included child maltreatment/abuse were excluded. Search databases included Embase, Medline, PsycINFO, ScienceDirect, Web of Science, Google Scholar, and PubMed. Results: Thirty-six predominantly United States (US)-based studies were included in the review: 27 of cross-sectional study design, 4 longitudinal, and 5 retrospective cohort studies. Discussion: Th e parental military-specific factors that affect child well-being are cumulative deployment months, frequent relocation, and factors related to relocation such as expanded household responsibility, disrupted daily routines, academic interruption, and disruption to social networks. Th ese factors are associated with military children having higher levels of emotional and behavioural difficulties – such as symptoms of depression – than their civilian counterparts. Limitations of the review include the large proportion of studies with a cross-sectional design, as well as studies with small sample sizes. Indications for future research include looking at children from dual military families and the use of longitudinal study designsen_US
dc.identifier.citationBlamey, H., Phillips, A., Hess, D. C., & Fear, N. T. (2019). The impact of parental military service on child well-being. The Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health. 5(Suppl 2).en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://jmvfh.utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/jmvfh.2019-0014
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/5480
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Healthen_US
dc.subjectresearchen_US
dc.subjectmilitary familiesen_US
dc.subjectInternational Resourcesen_US
dc.subjectUnited Kingdomen_US
dc.subjectreviewen_US
dc.subjectchild well-beingen_US
dc.subjectdeploymenten_US
dc.subjectstressorsen_US
dc.subjectrelocationen_US
dc.titleThe impact of parental military service on child well-beingen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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