Relationship provisions, self-efficacy and youth well-being in military families

Mancini, Jay A.; O’Neal, Catherine Walker; Arnold, Amy

doi:10.1016/j.appdev.2015.02.003

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“…These processes answer the question “How does an antecedent lead to a result?” For instance, how do positive relationships with others improve individual or family well‐being? Although multiple pathways can exist simultaneously, some research has suggested relationships are associated with enhanced well‐being because positive relationships increase self‐efficacy and self‐worth and also increase the likelihood of engaging in health‐promoting behaviors (Mancini, Bowen, O'Neal, & Arnold, ; O'Neal, Lucier‐Greer, Mancini, Ferraro, & Ross, 2016; Umberson, Crosnoe, & Reczek, ). These processes can sometimes be pinpointed as a single moment or event, but often they are gradual, occurring slowly over time.…”

Section: Transitions and Change: Antecedents Processes And Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The positive actions of informal networks and formal systems ultimately develop social capital (i.e., information exchange and reciprocity between people, and the trust that might result from those interactions), which promotes the development of community capacity (i.e., a sense of shared responsibility and collective competence to act on behalf of the community) and, in turn, supports desired family and community results (e.g., neighborhood safety; Mancini et al, ).…”

Section: Community Social Organization and Multiple Contexts That Surmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Weiss () discussed the benefits of interpersonal relationships and queried whether certain relationships served special functions or if what mattered was a “fund of sociability” that accumulated from various relationships. Cutrona and Russell () formalized that thinking and developed assessment protocols, and others have since researched relationship provisions across the life course (Mancini & Blieszner, ; Mancini et al, ). Six relationship functions have been formalized: attachment (feelings of intimacy and security), social integration (sense of belonging to a group of others), reliable alliance (being able to count on others), guidance (having relationships that provide knowledge and expertise), reassurance of worth (gaining confidence and esteem), and opportunity for nurturance (responsibility for the care of others).…”

Section: Community Social Organization and Multiple Contexts That Surmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Community Social Organization and Military Families: Theoretical Perspectives on Transitions, Contexts, and Resilience

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Martin

et al. 2018

J of Family Theo & Revie

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The social organization theory of action and change accounts for transitions families face in community contexts. This perspective aligns with family stress and resilience theories, including the contextual model of family stress. Our discussion focuses on transitions of military families, including the continually changing nature of military family life. The military environment provides an opportunity for understanding family vulnerability and resilience from a community perspective, in effect, a perspective centered on contexts. Contexts include matters that families have control over and those they are unable to affect. The roles of shared responsibility and collective competence in moving families and communities forward are discussed, as are pivotal roles of informal networks and formal systems. Findings that align with this theorizing include influence of the military system and culture on families, as well as how sense of community emerges as a pivotal factor for family well‐being.

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Section: Transitions and Change: Antecedents Processes And Resultsmentioning

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Section: Community Social Organization and Multiple Contexts That Surmentioning

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Section: Community Social Organization and Multiple Contexts That Surmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Community Social Organization and Military Families: Theoretical Perspectives on Transitions, Contexts, and Resilience

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Martin

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“…; Mancini et al . ). Instead, military youth and their parents, generally exhibit positive outcomes and high levels of positive psychological and relational functioning (e.g.…”

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Worried, concerned and untroubled: antecedents and consequences of youth worry

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Mallette

Lanier

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Child & Family Social Work

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Using a pattern-based approach, worry was explored in relation to military youths' developmental and contextual characteristics, and pivotal outcomes (depressive symptoms, self-efficacy, well-being, coping styles, academic performance and deployment adjustment). Data were collected from parents and adolescents, age 11 to 18, living in the USA (n = 273 families). Variations in individual characteristics (age and gender), military family factors (rank, recent deployment, parents' resilient coping abilities) and family relational characteristics (parents' marital status, warm parenting, marital quality) were related to heterogeneous worry typologies. Depressive symptoms, self-efficacy and well-being, varied across the worry typologies. Implications are drawn from these findings for identifying potential interventions that can be accessed to modify these worry patterns and limit their harmful effects.

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“…Specifically, young adolescents who feel connected to a group of significant people in their lives that they can count on for assistance, advice, reassurance, nurturance, and emotional closeness (Cutrona and Russell 1987) experience an increase in personal resources and well-being (Lucier-Greer et al 2014a; Mancini et al 2015). Larson (2011) suggested that establishing and maintaining positive social connections and institutions facilitated youth well-being and healthy development, specifically for youth in active duty military families.…”

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Do Youth Development Programs Matter? An Examination of Transitions and Well-Being Among Military Youth

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The current correlational study examines the association between internal and external military family contextual factors (e.g., parental rank, having multiple military parents, school changes, living more than 30 min from a military installation, parental deployment, relationship provisions) and military youth well-being outcomes (i.e., depressive symptoms, anxiety, self-efficacy) in a sample of children of active duty military members (i.e., military youth). Data from 749 military youth, ages 11-14, were analyzed using structural equation modeling. The model explained a reasonable amount of the variation in the outcomes of interest (r-square statistics for depressive symptoms, anxiety, and self-efficacy were .151, .018, and .086, respectively). Results indicated that military youth who reported more social provisions experienced fewer depressive symptoms and more self-efficacy. Youth who reported certain military risk factors (i.e., parental rank; living farther from the military installation; multiple school changes) were associated with decreased well-being (i.e., more depressive symptoms and anxiety and less self-efficacy). However, findings suggest that participation in military programs may serve a moderating or buffering factor for these youth.

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Relationship provisions, self-efficacy and youth well-being in military families

Cited by 25 publications

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Community Social Organization and Military Families: Theoretical Perspectives on Transitions, Contexts, and Resilience

Community Social Organization and Military Families: Theoretical Perspectives on Transitions, Contexts, and Resilience

Worried, concerned and untroubled: antecedents and consequences of youth worry

Do Youth Development Programs Matter? An Examination of Transitions and Well-Being Among Military Youth

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