This program will review research findings on military deployments, military stress, and links with children’s well-being across domains (i.e., mental and behavioral health, care-seeking, maltreatment). Findings from the Millennium Cohort Program will also be discussed with a consideration of what these Department of Defense studies can tell us about child and adolescent functioning in the face of military stress, focusing on the entire family unit and relevant theoretical approaches that may elucidate mechanisms behind family adjustment. Finally, we will ponder the healthy warrior effect and how this may help us to understand mixed results across research studies, extending these applications to clients in their unique contexts across military, family, and developmental spheres.
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Learning Objectives:
Attendees will be able to:
- Evaluate the evidence supporting or refuting links of deployment with domains of child adjustment
- Analyze the complexity of military children’s environment with an emphasis on sources of vulnerability and strength that may occur due to military, family, or developmental factors