Chandra Anita, Lara-Cinisomo Sandraluz, Jaycox Lisa H, Tanielian Terri, Han Bing, Burns Rachel M, Ruder Teague
Rand Health Q. 2011 Mar 1;1(1):12. eCollection 2011 Spring.
As the United States continues deployments of service members to support operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is increasingly important to understand the effects of this military involvement, not only on service members but also on the health and well-being of their spouses and youth. This article shares highlights from a study that examined the functioning of a sample of youth in military families who applied to a free camp for children of military personnel and to specifically assess how these youth are coping with parental deployment. It addresses the general well-being of military youth during and after parental deployment, with attention to their emotional, social, and academic functioning. It also examines the challenges that their nondeployed caregivers face. The study included quantitative and qualitative components: three waves of phone surveys with youth and nondeployed caregivers, and in-depth interviews with a subsample of caregivers. The researchers found that children and caregivers who had applied to attend the camp confronted significant challenges to their emotional well-being and functioning. Four factors in particular-(1) caregiver emotional well-being, (2) more cumulative months of deployment, (3) National Guard or Reserve status, and (4) quality of caregiver-youth communication-were strongly associated with greater youth or caregiver difficulties.
随着美国持续部署军人以支持在伊拉克和阿富汗的行动，了解这种军事参与的影响变得越发重要，这不仅关乎军人自身，还涉及他们配偶及子女的健康和幸福。本文分享了一项研究的要点，该研究调查了申请参加军人子女免费营地的军属家庭中部分青少年的机能状况，并特别评估了这些青少年如何应对父母的部署。文章探讨了父母部署期间及之后军属子女的总体幸福状况，重点关注他们在情感、社交和学业方面的机能。同时，研究还考察了未部署的照料者所面临的挑战。该研究包含定量和定性两部分：对青少年和未部署照料者进行三轮电话调查，并对部分照料者进行深入访谈。研究人员发现，申请参加营地的儿童和照料者在情感幸福和机能方面面临重大挑战。尤其有四个因素——（1）照料者的情感幸福状况；（2）父母累计部署的月数更多；（3）国民警卫队或后备役身份；（4）照料者与青少年之间的沟通质量——与青少年或照料者面临的更多困难密切相关。
