Military service absences and family members' mental health: A timeline followback assessment.

ABSTRACT: Although military service, and particularly absence due to deployment, has been linked to risk for depression and anxiety among some spouses and children of active duty service members, there is limited research to explain the heterogeneity in family members' reactions to military service stressors. The current investigation introduces the Timeline Followback Military Family Interview (TFMFI) as a clinically useful strategy to collect detailed time-linked information about the service member's absences. Two dimensions of parent absence--the extent to which absences coincide with important family events and cumulative time absent--were tested as potential risks to family members' mental health. Data from 70 mother-adolescent pairs revealed that the number of important family events missed b

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4573828 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature