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Parenting and Children's Resilience in Military Families

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Editors:
  1. Abigail H. Gewirtz

    1. University of Minnesota, Dept of Fam. Soc.Sci. Ins. of Child Dev, Minneapolis, USA

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  2. Adriana M. Youssef

    1. University of Minnesota, Inst.Transl.Res. in Child. Ment. Health, Minneapolis, USA

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  • Focuses on parenting in military families
  • Provides an overview of current research
  • Discusses promising parenting programs, policies and practices
  • Highlights research gaps and future directions
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Parenting and Children’s Resilience in Military Families: A Twenty-First Century Perspective

    • Abigail H. Gewirtz, Adriana M. Youssef
    Pages 1-9

  3. The Impact of Military Life on Young Children and Their Parents

    • Phillip Stepka, Kristin Callahan
    Pages 11-26

  4. Parenting School-Age Children and Adolescents Through Military Deployments

    • Anita Chandra
    Pages 27-45

  5. Placing Fatherhood Back in the Study and Treatment of Military Fathers

    • David S. DeGarmo
    Pages 47-63

  6. Military Mothers

    • Rachel Barnes, Sharon A. M. Stevelink, Christopher Dandeker, Nicola T. Fear
    Pages 65-92

  7. The Special Case of Civilian Service Members: Supporting Parents in the National Guard and Reserves

    • Amanda L. Schuh, Michelle Kees, Adrian Blow, Lisa Gorman
    Pages 93-107

  8. Parents’ Childhood Exposures to Traumatic Events and Current Functioning in Military Families

    • Allison Flittner O’Grady, Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth, Patricia Lester
    Pages 109-129

  9. Child Maltreatment and Intimate Partner Violence in Military Families

    • Amy M. Smith Slep, Richard E. Heyman
    Pages 131-150

  10. Parenting in Military Families Faced with Combat-Related Injury, Illness, or Death

    • Stephen J. Cozza
    Pages 151-173

  11. Parenting and the Military: The Case of Israel

    • Rachel Dekel, Rivka Tuval-Mashiach, Yaara Sadeh
    Pages 175-194

  12. Interventions to Support and Strengthen Parenting in Military Families: State of the Evidence

    • Jennifer DiNallo, Michelle Kuhl, Lynne M. Borden, Daniel Perkins
    Pages 195-212

  13. Prevention and Treatment for Parents of Young Children in Military Families

    • Ellen R. DeVoe, Ruth Paris, Michelle Acker
    Pages 213-227

  14. Evidence-Based Parenting Programs for School-Aged Children

    • Adriana M. Youssef, Alyssa S. Garr, Abigail H. Gewirtz
    Pages 229-250

  15. Parenting Programs and Supports for Teens in Military Families

    • Michelle D. Sherman, Patti L. Johnson
    Pages 251-264

  16. Military Parenting in the Digital Age: Existing Practices, New Possibilities

    • Kelly A. Blasko, Pamela R. Murphy
    Pages 265-282

  17. How do Military Family Policies Influence Parenting Resources Available to Families?

    • Yuko K. Whitestone, Barbara A. Thompson
    Pages 283-297

  18. Conclusions and a Research Agenda for Parenting in Military Families

    • Abigail H. Gewirtz, Adriana M. Youssef
    Pages 299-306

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 307-316
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About this book

This reference examines the wide-ranging impact of military life on families, parenting, and child development. It examines the complex family needs of this diverse population, especially as familiar issues such as trauma, domestic violence, and child abuse manifest differently than in civilian life. Expert contributors review findings on deployed mothers, active-duty fathers, and other military parents while offering evidence for interventions and prevention programs to enhance children’s healthy adjustment in this highly structured yet uncertain context. Its emphasis on resource and policy improvements keeps the book focused on the evolution of military families in the face of future change and challenges.

Included in the coverage:

  • Impacts of military life on young children and their parents.
    • Parenting school-age children and adolescents through military deployments.
  • Parenting in military families faced with combat-related injury, illness, or death.
  • The special case of civilian service members: supporting parents in the National Guard and Reserves.
  • Interventions to support and strengthen parenting in military families: state of the evidence.
  • Military parenting in the digital age: existing practices, new possibilities.

Addressing a major need in family and parenting studies, Parenting and Children’s Resilience in Military Families is necessary reading for scholars and practitioners interested in parenting and military family research. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Minnesota, Dept of Fam. Soc.Sci. Ins. of Child Dev, Minneapolis, USA

    Abigail H. Gewirtz

  • University of Minnesota, Inst.Transl.Res. in Child. Ment. Health, Minneapolis, USA

    Adriana M. Youssef

About the editors

Abigail Gewirtz's primary interests are in trauma, resilience, and promoting children’s healthy development with two distinct but interrelated research foci: the impact of exposure to traumatic stressors on parenting and child functioning, and the development, testing, and widespread implementation of family-based interventions. She is Principal Investigator on a National Institute of Drug Abuse-funded randomized controlled trial to develop and test a web-enhanced parenting program for National Guard families with parents returning from deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan. Dr. Gewirtz also directs Ambit Network, a SAMHSA/National Child Traumatic Stress Network Community Services and Treatment center focusing on the implementation of evidence-based interventions for traumatized school-aged children and their parents. Other studies currently underway include a study of families exposed to rocket attacks on the Israel-Gaza border, and a randomized preference trial to examine motivational cognitions and parent preferences for delivery format of parenting interventions. Dr. Gewirtz has written and has presented widely at both the local and national level on prevention and intervention for highly stressed children.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Parenting and Children's Resilience in Military Families

  • Editors: Abigail H. Gewirtz, Adriana M. Youssef

  • Series Title: Risk and Resilience in Military and Veteran Families

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12556-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-12555-8Published: 22 June 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79181-4Published: 30 May 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-12556-5Published: 10 June 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2570-348X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2570-3498

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 316

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Family, Developmental Psychology, Social Policy

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