A Model for Assessing the Impact of Combat-Related Deployments on U.S. Army Spouses |
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| Authors: | R. Blaine Everson Charles R. Figley James D. Whitworth |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Counseling, Capella University, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA;2. School of Social Work, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA;3. School of Education &4. Social Services, St. Leo University, St. Leo, Florida, USA |
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| Abstract: | Cognitive appraisal and coping theory were used to examine parental stress, family stress, and personal stress among wives of deployed soldiers. A random sample of wives of U.S. Army personnel deployed to Iraq provided evidence that length of deployment, rank of deployed soldier, and number of previous deployments, impacted these wives during deployments. Results suggest that rank of deployed soldiers and number of deployments influenced the spouse's perception of family stress; whereas rank and length of the deployment influenced her experience of parental stress. All three factors served as indicators of the personal stress experienced during deployments by these wives. |
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| Keywords: | Military spouses long-term deployment multiple deployments parenting stress family stress personal stress |
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