the experiences of youth and spouses from military families Chandra, Anita. author. Lara-Cinisomo, Sandraluz. author. Jaycox, Lisa. author. Tanielian, Terri L. author. Han, Bing. author. Burns, Rachel M. author. Ruder, Teague. author. Center for Military Health Policy Research Rand Health National Defense Research Institute (U.S.) Forces and Resources Policy Center. Rand Corporation National Security Research Division. Rand Corporation National Military Family Association (U.S.) text bibliography cau 2011 monographic eng

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xxv, 96 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm 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. The purpose of this report is to examine 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. The report 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 includes 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. Anita Chandra ... [et al.]. "A Joint Endeavor of RAND Health and the RAND National Security Research Division." "RAND Center for Military Health Policy Research." "The research was conducted jointly by RAND Health's Center for Military Health Policy Research and the Forces and Resources Policy Center of the RAND National Security Research Division"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographic references (p. 93-96). Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format. n-us--- Children of military personnel Family Relations Adolescent Anxiety, Separation Child Military Personnel Stress, Psychological UB403 .V54 2011 083305127X (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780833051271 (pbk. : alk. paper) 2010047953 http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR913.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR913.html CstmoR 110119 20200811100946.0 rnd000000000095502