Quality of life among U.S. Army spouses during the Iraq war |
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| Authors: | R Blaine Everson Carol Darling Joseph R Herzog Charles R Figley Dione King |
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| Institution: | 1. Harold Abel School of Social and Behavioral Sciences Department of Counseling, Capella University, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USAjherzog@uwf.edu;3. Department of Family &4. Child Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA;5. School of Justice Studies and Social Work, University of West Florida, Pensicola, Florida, USA;6. Traumatology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA;7. Department of Social Work, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, USA |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACTDuring the course of previous military conflicts, attention has been focused on separations experienced by service members and their loved ones. This study utilized the ABC-X model of Family Stress and Resiliency Theory to provide information about specific family and parental stressors, family coping, appraisal of stress and coping abilities, and quality of life for spouses at various stages of a recent military deployment. Three groups of spouses differed primarily for levels of family stress and quality of life. In addition to comparative analysis, path analyses were conducted for each group to determine the influence of stressors, coping, wellbeing, and sense of coherence on quality of life. The model for the group of spouses with service members deployed longest accounted for the greatest amount of variability in quality of life. Implications for family counseling, social work practice, and community policy have been provided. |
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| Keywords: | Coping deployment related stress quality of life sense of coherence U S Army spouses wellbeing |
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