Parenting and Children's Resilience in Military Families

320 Pages·2016·4.26 MB·English

by  Abigail H. Gewirtz

Risk and Resilience in Military and Veteran Families
Abigail H. Gewirtz
Adriana M. Youssef Editors
Parenting and
Children's
Resilience
in Military
Families
Risk and Resilience in Military
and Veteran Families
Series Editor
Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth
Department of Human Development and Family Studies,
Military Family Research Institute,
Purdue University,
West Lafayette , IN , USA
More information about this series at h ttp://www.springer.com/series/11919

Abigail H. Gewirtz (cid:129) Adriana M. Youssef
Editors
Parenting and Children’s
Resilience in Military Families
Editors
Abigail H. Gewirtz Adriana M. Youssef
Department of Family Social Science Institute for Translational Research in
Institute of Child Development, and Children’s Mental Health
Institute for Translational Research in University of Minnesota
Children’s Mental Health Minneapolis , MN , USA
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis , MN , USA
Risk and Resilience in Military and Veteran Families
ISBN 978-3-319-12555-8 ISBN 978-3-319-12556-5 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-12556-5
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Acknowledgments
Many people in addition to authors and editors help to create a book. We thank the
following individuals for their generosity in reviewing the chapters in this book:
W. Andrew Collins, Jodi Dworkin, Christopher Erbes, Eric Flake, Marion Forgatch,
Sarah Friedman, Robin Gurwitch, Ernie Jouriles, Greg Leskin, Shelley MacDermid,
Joseph McQuade, Melissa Polusny, and Michelle Sherman. Our thanks to Diane
Timba and Alyssa Garr, for their editorial support and careful attention to detail.
Finally, we express our gratitude to our own families—husbands and children—for
allowing us to take time away from them in the service of furthering knowledge of
military families.
This book is dedicated to two pioneering family researchers: Marion Forgatch and
Gerald Patterson. Marion’s development, rigorous testing, and widespread imple-
mentation of parent training has improved the lives of many thousands of families
across the globe. Jerry, a World War II veteran awarded the Bronze Star and Purple
Heart for his courage and bravery, has shown us through a lifetime of research how
effective parenting is crucial to children’s well-being.
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Contents
1 Parenting and Children’s Resilience in Military Families:
A Twenty-First Century Perspective ..................................................... 1
Abigail H. Gewirtz and Adriana M. Youssef
2 The Impact of Military Life on Young Children
and Their Parents .................................................................................... 11
Phillip Stepka and Kristin Callahan
3 Parenting School-Age Children and Adolescents
Through Military Deployments ............................................................. 27
Anita Chandra
4 Placing Fatherhood Back in the Study and Treatment
of Military Fathers .................................................................................. 47
David S. DeGarmo
5 Military Mothers ..................................................................................... 65
Rachel Barnes , Sharon A. M. Stevelink , Christopher Dandeker ,
and Nicola T. Fear
6 The Special Case of Civilian Service Members:
Supporting Parents in the National Guard and Reserves ................... 93
Amanda L. Schuh , Michelle Kees , Adrian Blow , and Lisa Gorman
7 Parents’ Childhood Exposures to Traumatic Events
and Current Functioning in Military Families ..................................... 109
Allison Flittner O’Grady , Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth ,
and Patricia Lester
8 Child Maltreatment and Intimate Partner Violence
in Military Families ................................................................................. 131
Amy M. Smith Slep and Richard E. Heyman
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9 Parenting in Military Families Faced with Combat-Related
Injury, Illness, or Death .......................................................................... 151
Stephen J. Cozza
10 Parenting and the Military: The Case of Israel ................................... 175
Rachel Dekel , Rivka Tuval-Mashiach , and Yaara Sadeh
11 Interventions to Support and Strengthen Parenting
in Military Families: State of the Evidence .......................................... 195
Jennifer DiNallo , Michelle Kuhl , Lynne M. Borden ,
and Daniel Perkins
12 Prevention and Treatment for Parents of Young Children
in Military Families ................................................................................. 213
Ellen R. DeVoe , Ruth Paris , and Michelle Acker
13 Evidence-Based Parenting Programs for School-Aged Children ....... 229
Adriana M. Youssef , Alyssa S. Garr , and Abigail H. Gewirtz
14 Parenting Programs and Supports for Teens
in Military Families ................................................................................. 251
Michelle D. Sherman and Patti L. Johnson
15 Military Parenting in the Digital Age: Existing Practices,
New Possibilities ...................................................................................... 265
Kelly A. Blasko and Pamela R. Murphy
16 How do Military Family Policies Influence Parenting
Resources Available to Families? ........................................................... 283
Yuko K. Whitestone and Barbara A. Thompson
17 Conclusions and a Research Agenda for Parenting
in Military Families ................................................................................. 299
Abigail H. Gewirtz and Adriana M. Youssef
Index ................................................................................................................. 307
Contributors
Michelle Acker , Psy.D. Boston University School of Social Work , Boston , MA ,
USA
Rachel Barnes , M.Sc. K ing’s Centre for Military Health Research, King’s College
London, Weston Education Centre , London , UK
Kelly A. Blasko , Ph.D. National Center for Telehealth and Technology, Joint Base
Lewis-McChord , Tacoma , WA , USA
Adrian Blow , Ph.D. Human Development and Family Studies , Michigan State
University , East Lansing , MI , USA
Lynne M. Borden , Ph.D. University of Minnesota , St. Paul , MN , U SA
Kristin Callahan , Ph.D. Department of Psychiatry , Louisiana State University
Health Sciences Center , New Orleans , LA , USA
Anita Chandra , Dr.P.H. RAND Corporation , Arlington , VA , USA
Stephen J. Cozza , M.D. Department of Psychiatry , Uniformed Services University
of the Health Sciences , Bethesda , MD , USA
Christopher Dandeker , Ph.D. King’s Centre for Military Health Research, King’s
College London, Weston Education Centre , London , UK
David S. D eGarmo , Ph.D. Department of Educational Methodology, Policy, and
Leadership , Prevention Science Institute, Center for Assessment, Statistics, and
Evaluation, University of Oregon , Eugene , OR , USA
Rachel Dekel , Ph.D. The Louis and Gabi Weisfeld School of Social Work, Bar
Ilan University , Ramat Gan , Israel
Ellen R. DeVoe, Ph.D., L.I.C.S.W. Boston University School of Social Work ,
Boston , MA , USA
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