The emotional cycle of deployment

Tomforde, Maren

doi:10.4324/9780203407530-14

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“…The study suggests limitations to the perspectives of emotional cycle of deployment (Tomforde 2015) and ambiguous loss (Faber 2008). Both are based on an understanding of temporal phases related to deployment.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…It is assumed that any prolonged separation between deployed soldiers and their spouses/families induces mental stress on those involved, but the amount of stress imposed on both soldiers and their families will vary during deployment. The emotional cycle of deployment model seeks to describe the different emotions and coping strategies that children and families of a deployed parent go through during deployment through four phases (Tomforde, 2015):− Before deployment, the family’s first attempts to come to terms with the father’s absence are made but are hampered by the many professional obligations soldiers have. It is experienced as emotionally demanding, characterized by worrying about the future and emotional outbursts.− The beginning of deployment constitutes an enormous change for the family at home as those involved must adjust to new roles.…”

Section: Deployment Complex Spaces Of Involvement and Children’s Emot...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For children with deployed fathers, the military is a key context for their family lives. The effects that deployment has on the families and children of the deployed soldiForsvaresministerieters can be understood through the emotional cycle of deployment model (Tomforde, 2015): based on the premise that with increased participation in terms of deployments, a tension occurs between the family and the military, which each compete for the soldier’s attention (Segal, 1986). It is assumed that any prolonged separation between deployed soldiers and their spouses/families induces mental stress on those involved, but the amount of stress imposed on both soldiers and their families will vary during deployment.…”

Section: Deployment Complex Spaces Of Involvement and Children’s Emot...mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Complex spaces of involvement during and after paternal deployment: Danish children’s emotions and relationships with their fathers

Nielsen¹,

Kyed

Christensen

2023

Childhood

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A growing body of research indicates that children of formerly deployed soldiers are at risk of experiencing negative outcomes, but studies are lacking in terms of the exploration of children’s emotions from their own perspective. This article is based on qualitative interviews with 26 children (age 7–20) from 19 Danish families with formerly deployed fathers. The children’s emotions are complex and ambiguous. While deployment leads to a distanced relationship between children and their fathers, following it, some form a close relationship following deployment. However, other children become responsible for maintaining their relationship with their father, altering the generational order.

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Section: Deployment Complex Spaces Of Involvement and Children’s Emot...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Deployment Complex Spaces Of Involvement and Children’s Emot...mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Complex spaces of involvement during and after paternal deployment: Danish children’s emotions and relationships with their fathers

Nielsen¹,

Kyed

Christensen

2023

Childhood

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Handbook of Military Sciences

Ledberg

Ruffa

2020

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Child maltreatment before and after combat-related deployment among active-duty United States Air Force maltreating parents.

Thomsen¹,

Rabenhorst²,

McCarthy³

et al. 2014

Psychology of Violence

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Objective: To conduct the first population-based study comparing the frequency of child maltreatment among active-duty United States Air Force (USAF) maltreating parents before and after combat-related deployment. Method: By combining archival databases, we identified 2,287 children with a total of 2,563 substantiated maltreatment incidents perpetrated by USAF parents who deployed during an 85-month study period during Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom. Results: Contrary to expectations, overall the frequency of child maltreatment was significantly lower after than before deployment, and this pattern did not vary as a function of the number of combat-related deployments. Further, the frequency of child maltreatment was lower postdeployment relative to predeployment for emotional abuse, mild neglect, and maltreatment not involving alcohol, but the frequency was higher postdeployment for child sexual abuse and severe child neglect, particularly when severe child neglect involved alcohol. Conclusions: In general, among children who experienced parental maltreatment by a deploying USAF parent, milder forms of child maltreatment were less common postdeployment, whereas severe types of child maltreatment were more common. Possible explanations implicate predeployment differences in resources and functioning or postdeployment differences in posttraumatic growth and maturation between parental perpetrators of mild versus more severe maltreatment. Postdeployment child maltreatment surveillance efforts should be vigilant for signs of severe forms of child maltreatment, which appear to be most likely to increase.

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The emotional cycle of deployment

Cited by 5 publications

References 9 publications

Complex spaces of involvement during and after paternal deployment: Danish children’s emotions and relationships with their fathers

Complex spaces of involvement during and after paternal deployment: Danish children’s emotions and relationships with their fathers

Handbook of Military Sciences

Child maltreatment before and after combat-related deployment among active-duty United States Air Force maltreating parents.

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