Author: Gary L. BowenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military dependents
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Family Patterns and Adaptation in the U.S. Army
Author: Gary L. BowenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military dependents
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Objets antiques et beaux tapis
Author: Family Adaptation in the Military
Author: Dennis K. OrthnerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military dependents
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Military Families
Author: Edna J. HunterPublisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Strengthening the Military Family Readiness System for a Changing American Society
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309489539
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
The U.S. military has been continuously engaged in foreign conflicts for over two decades. The strains that these deployments, the associated increases in operational tempo, and the general challenges of military life affect not only service members but also the people who depend on them and who support them as they support the nation â€" their families. Family members provide support to service members while they serve or when they have difficulties; family problems can interfere with the ability of service members to deploy or remain in theater; and family members are central influences on whether members continue to serve. In addition, rising family diversity and complexity will likely increase the difficulty of creating military policies, programs and practices that adequately support families in the performance of military duties. Strengthening the Military Family Readiness System for a Changing American Society examines the challenges and opportunities facing military families and what is known about effective strategies for supporting and protecting military children and families, as well as lessons to be learned from these experiences. This report offers recommendations regarding what is needed to strengthen the support system for military families.
Family Adaptation in the Military
Author: Dennis K. OrthnerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military dependents
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Development of a Measure of Family Adaptation to the Army
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
This research supports The Army Family Action Plans by developing a measurement model and a set of scales that identify the factors associated with family strengths and family adaptation to the military. It provides data on how to develop programs and services that assist families in making adjustments to military demands. The data for this report were collected from a randomly selected sample of 11,035 soldiers in 1989. The analysis was conducted on 6,706 married soldiers who were living with their spouses. Researchers developed a model of the relationships between family conditions, family strengths, and identified the appropriate variables associated with these constructs. They used structural modeling to analyze the data and optimize the fit between the proposed variables and the hypothesized relationships and constructs. Based on the final model, two scales were constructed. The family strengths scale indicates a family's ability to cope with demands. The family adaptation scale indicates the family's adjustment to organizational demands. The findings were interpreted in terms of their value to military researchers, service providers, and policy makers. Researchers can use the new measures to assess the strengths and adaptability of the military families in their investigations. Policy makers can use the data to establish unit, installation, or service-wide policies that strengthen the abilities of families to meet their needs and adapt to military demands and contingencies.
Returning Home from Iraq and Afghanistan
Author: Institute of MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309152852
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Nearly 1.9 million U.S. troops have been deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq since October 2001. Many service members and veterans face serious challenges in readjusting to normal life after returning home. This initial book presents findings on the most critical challenges, and lays out the blueprint for the second phase of the study to determine how best to meet the needs of returning troops and their families.
What We Know about Army Families
Author: Mady Wechsler SegalPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Families of military personnel
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Investigating Family Adaptation to Army Life: Exploratory Site Visit Findings
Author: Melanie B. StylesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
The purpose of this research was to collect information about family adaptation in Army life. Interviews and focus group discussions were held with 184 participants (i.e., 51 leaders, 28 service providers, and 105 soldiers and spouses). A subsample of soldiers and their spouses also completed a coping resource checklist. The results indicate that families are most concerned about those aspects of Army life that affect their ability to function on a day-to-day basis. Issues of concern are medical care, housing, child care, work hours, moves, and separations. Participants reported that Army leadership must demonstrate an interest and concern for families and they expressed the opinion that the Army wants to retain families that adjust well to Army life. Also, the participants indicated that family adaptation can directly affect readiness and retention. Retention, Readiness, Army family research, Army spouses, Military dependents, Adaptation, Family members. (jg).