By the Numbers - Sept. 29, 2014
51%
The percentage of 3,198 participants in a recently published UK military cohort study who "perceived their military career as having a negative impact on their children." According to the study -- Perceptions of the impact a military career has on children, published in the journal in the journalOccupational Medicine -- several factors increased the likelihood of this negative perception:
- Not being in a relationship
- Deployment for 13 months or more within a three year period
- Symptoms of a common mental health disorder
- Probable PTSD
Also, "Reserves were less likely than regulars...and other ranks were less likely than non-commissioned officers.. to report negative effects of their military career on their children."
51%
The percentage of 3,198 participants in a recently published UK military cohort study who "perceived their military career as having a negative impact on their children." According to the study -- Perceptions of the impact a military career has on children, published in the journal in the journalOccupational Medicine -- several factors increased the likelihood of this negative perception:
- Not being in a relationship
- Deployment for 13 months or more within a three year period
- Symptoms of a common mental health disorder
- Probable PTSD
Also, "Reserves were less likely than regulars...and other ranks were less likely than non-commissioned officers.. to report negative effects of their military career on their children."