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Adolescent well-being in Washington State military families

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  • Reed, S.C.
  • Bell, J.F.
  • Edwards, T.C.

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Objectives: We examined associations between parental military service and adolescent well-being. Methods: We used cross-sectional data from the 2008 Washington State Healthy Youth Survey collected in public school grades 8, 10, and 12 (n=10606). We conducted multivariable logistic regression analyses to test associations between parental military service and adolescent well-being (quality of life, depressed mood, thoughts of suicide). Results: In 8th grade, parental deployment was associated with higher odds of reporting thoughts of suicide among adolescent girls (odds ratio [OR]=1.66; 95% confidence interval [CI]=1.19, 2.32) and higher odds of low quality of life (OR=2.10; 95% CI=1.43, 3.10) and thoughts of suicide (OR=1.75; 95% CI=1.15, 2.67) among adolescent boys. In 10th and 12th grades, parental deployment was associated with higher odds of reporting low quality of life (OR=2.74; 95% CI=1.79, 4.20), depressed mood (OR=1.50; 95% CI=1.02, 2.20), and thoughts of suicide (OR=1.64; 95% CI=1.13, 2.38) among adolescent boys. Conclusions: Parental military deployment is associated with increased odds of impaired well-being among adolescents, especially adolescent boys. Military, school-based, and public health professionals have a unique opportunity to develop school- and community-based interventions to improve the well-being of adolescents in military families.

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  • Reed, S.C. & Bell, J.F. & Edwards, T.C., 2011. "Adolescent well-being in Washington State military families," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 101(9), pages 1676-1682.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2011.300165_1
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300165
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    1. Hooper, Lisa M. & Moore, Heather M. & Smith, Annie K., 2014. "Parentification in military families: Overlapping constructs and theoretical explorations in family, clinical, and military psychology," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 39(C), pages 123-134.
    2. Signe Frederiksen & Mette Lausten & Søren Bo Andersen & Helene Oldrup & Anni Brit Sternhagen Nielsen, 2021. "Is the Well-Being of Children of Danish Military Deployed Fathers Poorer than Children of Civilian Controls?," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 14(2), pages 847-869, April.

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