Abstract
Objective: This study examines how military parents’ gender moderates the association between deployments and well-being and depression among military-connected youth. Methods: Secondary analyses were run on 2011 California Healthy Kids Survey data from 1,370 military-connected adolescents. Results: For depression, we found a significant interaction between deployments and parents’ gender (β =.10, p = 0.0208). The relationship between deployment and depression is stronger for children of female service members. We also found a significant association between two or more deployments and well-being (β = 0.24, p = 0.0049). Discussion: Children of female service members may be at greater risk of psychosocial morbidity. Further, youth well-being may increase during/ following deployments, perhaps suggesting resilience.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 182-189 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Military Behavioral Health |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2015 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- California Health Kids Survey
- Military-connected youth
- deployment
- female service members
- mental health
- military families
- parenting
