The Best Years of Our Lives: Military Service and Family Relationships—A Life-Course Perspective

Lundquist, Daniel Burland and Jennifer Hickes

doi:10.4324/9780203079744-15

Life Course Perspectives on Military Service 2013

DOI: 10.4324/9780203079744-15

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The Best Years of Our Lives: Military Service and Family Relationships—A Life-Course Perspective

Daniel Burland and Jennifer Hickes Lundquist¹

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Facilitating successful reintegration: Attending to the needs of military families.

Gil‐Rivas

Kilmer

Larson

et al. 2017

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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Subsequent to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the experiences of military service members (MSVMs) and veterans have garnered increasing attention. A growing body of work has begun to shed light on their reintegration, a process that can bring with it transitions and challenges for service members and their families. Although many families adapt effectively, some have difficulty navigating this process, which can lead to a host of short- and long-term negative consequences for families. The literature to date is not well-developed regarding strategies for supporting successful reintegration of MSVMs and veterans in the context of military families. Guided by the ecological framework, this article summarizes selected evidence regarding factors that influence reintegration and puts forth recommendations for research and practice to promote the wellness of military families. Informed by findings regarding the diverse challenges faced by these families and grounded in the ecological framework, the authors highlight the need to assess both proximal and distal factors related to families' reintegration experiences and the need to intervene at multiple levels and across multiple contexts. Of primary importance, the authors recommend strategies to enhance the capacity of families' natural settings and describe selected capacity- and resource- enhancement approaches for families, neighborhoods, schools, and communities that facilitate resilience and promote wellness. Other recommendations include focusing on the accessibility, integration, and coordination of services; considering the long-view and developing strategies for longer-term support; developing mechanisms for family support; and evaluating efforts to address needs of families and promote family resilience. (PsycINFO Database Record

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Facilitating successful reintegration: Attending to the needs of military families.

Gil‐Rivas

Kilmer

Larson

et al. 2017

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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Unlocking Insights about Military Children and Families

Chandra¹,

London²

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As this issue of the Future of Children makes clear, we have much yet to learn about military children and their families. A big part of the reason, write Anita Chandra and Andrew London, is that we lack sufficiently robust sources of data. Until we collect more and better data about military families, Chandra and London say, we will not be able to study the breadth of their experiences and sources of resilience, distinguish among subgroups within the diverse military community, or compare military children with their civilian counterparts. After surveying the available sources of data and explaining what they are lacking and why, Chandra and London make several recommendations. First, they say, major longitudinal national surveys, as well as administrative data systems (for example, in health care and in schools), should routinely ask about children's connections to the military, so that military families can be flagged in statistical analyses. Second, questions on national surveys and psychological assessments should be formulated and calibrated for military children to be certain that they resonate with military culture. Third, researchers who study military children should consider adopting a life-course perspective, examining children from birth to adulthood as they and their families move through the transitions of military life and into or out of the civilian world.

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The Best Years of Our Lives: Military Service and Family Relationships—A Life-Course Perspective

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Facilitating successful reintegration: Attending to the needs of military families.

Facilitating successful reintegration: Attending to the needs of military families.

Unlocking Insights about Military Children and Families

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