The perceived effect of stressors on marital satisfaction among civilian wives of enlisted soldiers deployed to Somalia for Operation Restore Hope.
Mil Med
; 161(10): 601-6, 1996 Oct.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8984421
ABSTRACT
Nearly 400 spouses of enlisted soldiers who had deployed to Somalia as part of Operation Restore Hope in late 1992 and early 1993 were surveyed in July/August 1993. Their reported post-deployment and retrospective pre-deployment marital satisfaction was predicted as a function of four potentially stressful events or conditions experiencing a pregnancy during deployment, experiencing loneliness, experiencing the death of a close friend or relative, and/or having problems communicating with one's spouse. Pre-deployment marital stability was used as a control variable. Results from multivariate analyses of variance suggest that the effects of various difficulties during a brief deployment are less stressful, at least in terms of their impact on marital satisfaction, than is often assumed, even for marriages that might be considered "at risk" in terms of low marital stability.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Stress, Psychological
/
Marriage
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Military Personnel
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
/
Qualitative_research
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
/
Pregnancy
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
/
America do norte
Language:
En
Journal:
Mil Med
Year:
1996
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States