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 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016935846 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 T his work is subject to copyright. 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Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland 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. v 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 vii viii Contents 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 ix