As Parents Go, So Go the Children. The Development and Adjustment of Children in the Military

摘要

A review of military family research accomplished prior to 1980 indicates that almost one-half the total literature on military child adjustment and development deals with topics on father absence, family reunion/reintegration, adjustment to loss, adjustment to divergent cultures, mixed marriages, child abuse, relocation, childcare, and the impact of the prisoner of war experience on parental relations with children. The military lifestyle presents both opportunities for growth as well as family crises which engender problems for a developing child. Perhaps the two major findings emanating from most of these studies are that: (1) the mother fills a more critical family role within the military family than she does in civilian life, and (2) the children's adjustment is a direct reflection of how successfully the mother copes with the unique stresses posed by the military lifestyle. (Author)