A conducted research study that showed adolescents in military families have a higher rate of suicidal behaviors compared to their nonmilitary peers. Researches emphasized that it is typically attributed to military-specific stressors, but exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) may also play a role.
This article conducted a study to find the experiences of military families with children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) specifically as it correlates to relocation. An online survey methodology was used to gather information from military spouses with children with ASD, resulting the larger sample of military spouses largely confirmed the experiences reported were different from military families who didn’t have children with ASD.
This study analyzed patterns of risk and protective factors affecting military families and their association with mental health diagnoses among military-connected children. Findings were shown that significant differences in the prevalence of mental health diagnoses among military-connected youth were observed across with the highest rates of 31%.
Coping with Stress: Supporting the Needs of Military Families and Their Children | SpringerLink
This journal article illustrates family dynamics and the individual differences of how each family member can impact their stress. Extenuating families in the military, stress occurs regularly due to demographic factors such as reassignment, deployments, and the frequency of changes.
This article analyzes the complex connections and interactions between substance use and violence within military cohorts. Although there were differences within the demographics of race and ethnicity among service members and veterans, an overall characteristic of military perpetrators demonstrated that the perpetration of physical and sexual IPV depends on the context of veteran cohort and race/ethnicity within each subgroup.
This article pertains to researchers exploring the impact of family military involvement on adolescent mental health and substance abuse. While assessing the relationship between family military involvement and physical fighting, weighted logistic regression was used to determine whether adolescents from military families had higher odds of fighting and fighting on school property compared with adolescents of non-military families.