Deployment Psychology Blog

Staff Perspective: Recommending Military Service to Others

By Lisa French  on 10.05.2017 11:15 am

You have probably heard many Service members and Veterans talk about having family members or close friends who have served. This is not surprising or uncommon to see across many career fields. Having a close friend or relative “sell” you on the benefits of any decision can definitely increase desirability and buy-in. I know that I talked to both active duty Service members and Veterans (to include family members) before I signed on the dotted line.

CDP News: May 5, 2017

By Christopher Adams  on 05.05.2017 12:40 pm

Welcome to this week’s edition of CDP News! We like to use this space to review recent happenings in and around the Center for Deployment Psychology, while also looking ahead to upcoming events. It’s looking like May is going to be another busy month with lots of great events going on.

Research Update: May 4, 2017

By Shirl Kennedy  on 04.05.2017 12:54 pm

The weekly research update contains the latest news, journal articles and useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● PTSD Monthly Update - What Can I Do If I Think I Have PTSD?
● Linking attentional control and PTSD symptom severity: the role of rumination.

Staff Perspective: The Deployment Life Study

By Marjorie Weinstock  on 03.05.2017 11:07 am

While reading Dr. Brim’s recent 5-year retrospective of the CDP’s blog, I was reminded that back in 2014 I’d written a blog post summarizing the RAND report on the methodology and baseline sample of the Deployment Life Study.  The Deployment Life Study is a longitudinal study launched in 2009 that was designed to look at the antecedents, correlates, and consequences of family readiness across the deployment cycle (where family readiness was defined as the state of “being prepared to effectively navigate the challenges of daily living experienced in the unique context of military service”).  The results from this study were actually published about a year ago (it’s amazing how time flies!), so I thought this would be a great opportunity to take a deeper look at the results of the study.

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