Meadows Sarah O, Tanielian Terri, Karney Benjamin, Schell Terry, Griffin Beth Ann, Jaycox Lisa H, Friedman Esther M, Trail Thomas E, Beckman Robin, Ramchand Rajeev, Hengstebeck Natalie, Troxel Wendy M, Ayer Lynsay, Vaughan Christine Anne
Rand Health Q. 2017 Jan 13;6(2):7. eCollection 2017 Jan.
In 2009, RAND launched the Deployment Life Study, a longitudinal study of military families across a deployment cycle in order to assess family readiness. refers to the state of being prepared to effectively navigate the challenges of daily living experienced in the unique context of military service. The study surveyed families at frequent intervals throughout a complete deployment cycle---before a service member deploys (sometimes months before), during the actual deployment, and after the service member returns (possibly a year or more after she or he redeployed). It assessed a number of outcomes over time, including: the quality of marital and parental relationshipsthe psychological, behavioral, and physical health of family memberschild and teen well-being (e.g., emotional, behavioral, social, and academic)military integration (e.g., attitudes toward military service, retention intentions).This culminating paper briefly reviews the study design and data collection procedures, presents results from analyses of the longitudinal data collected from some 2,700 military families, and offers recommendations for programs and future research related to military families. The research was jointly sponsored by the Office of the Surgeon General, U.S. Army, and by the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury.
2009年，兰德公司启动了“部署生活研究”，这是一项针对军事家庭在一个部署周期内的纵向研究，旨在评估家庭准备情况。家庭准备情况是指准备好有效应对在军事服役这一独特背景下所经历的日常生活挑战的状态。该研究在一个完整的部署周期内频繁对家庭进行调查——在军人部署前（有时是数月前）、实际部署期间以及军人返回后（可能是其重新部署一年或更长时间后）。随着时间推移，它评估了一系列结果，包括：婚姻和亲子关系质量家庭成员的心理、行为和身体健康儿童和青少年的幸福状况（如情绪、行为、社交和学业方面）军事融入情况（如对军事服役的态度、留队意愿）。这篇总结性论文简要回顾了研究设计和数据收集程序，呈现了对约2700个军事家庭收集的纵向数据的分析结果，并为与军事家庭相关的项目和未来研究提供了建议。这项研究由美国陆军军医局办公室以及心理健康与创伤性脑损伤卓越防御中心联合赞助。
