Department of Family Social Science & Institute of Child Development, & Institute for Translational Research in Children's Mental Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
Department of Educational Methodology, Policy, and Leadership, Prevention Science Institute, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR.
Fam Process. 2018 Jun;57(2):415-431. doi: 10.1111/famp.12282. Epub 2017 Mar 15.
The current study examines a military family stress model, evaluating associations between deployment-related stressors (i.e., deployment length/number, posttraumatic stress disorder [PTSD] symptoms) and parent, child, parenting, and dyadic adjustment among families in which a parent had previously deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan in the recent conflicts. Married families (N = 293) with at least one child between the ages of 4 and 12 were recruited from a Midwestern state. Service members were from the Reserve Component (National Guard or Reserves); fathers (N = 253) and/or mothers had deployed (N = 45) to the recent conflicts in the Middle East. Multiple-method (observations of parenting and couple interactions; questionnaires) and multiple informant measures were gathered online and in the homes of participants, from parents, children, and teachers. Findings demonstrated associations between mothers' and fathers' PTSD symptoms and a latent variable of child adjustment comprising teacher, parent, and child report. Mothers' but not fathers' PTSD symptoms were also associated with dyadic adjustment and parenting practices; parenting practices were in turn associated with child adjustment. The results are discussed in terms of their implications for military family stress research and interventions to support and strengthen parents and families after deployment.
本研究考察了一个军事家庭应激模型，评估了与部署相关的应激源（即部署时间/次数、创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）症状）与父母、孩子、养育和夫妻关系之间的关联，这些家庭中的父母之前曾在最近的冲突中被部署到伊拉克或阿富汗。从一个中西部州招募了有至少一个 4 至 12 岁孩子的已婚家庭（N=293）。军人来自预备役部队（国民警卫队或后备役）；父亲（N=253）和/或母亲（N=45）曾被部署到中东最近的冲突中。通过在线和参与者家中，从父母、孩子和老师那里收集了多种方法（育儿和夫妻互动观察；问卷调查）和多来源的测量数据。研究结果表明，母亲和父亲的 PTSD 症状与包括教师、父母和孩子报告的儿童适应的潜在变量之间存在关联。母亲的 PTSD 症状而不是父亲的 PTSD 症状也与夫妻关系和养育实践有关；养育实践反过来又与儿童适应有关。研究结果从支持和加强父母和家庭在部署后的军事家庭应激研究和干预的角度进行了讨论。
