Community, Context, and Coping: How Social Connections Influence Coping and Well-Being for Military Members and Their Spouses.


Journal

Family process
ISSN: 1545-5300
Titre abrégé: Fam Process
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0400666

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
03 2020
Historique:
pubmed: 9 10 2018
medline: 1 7 2021
entrez: 9 10 2018
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Military members and their spouses (n = 223 families) were selected from an Active Duty Army installation and assessed with regard to their connections with the military community, their levels of coping with military culture demands, and their reports of individual (depression and life satisfaction) and family well-being. Guided by the contextual model of family stress and the social organization theory of action and change, results from a structural equation model indicated that military community connections, for both military members and their civilian spouses, were related to coping with the military culture and its demands, which in turn was related to both individual and family well-being. Unique actor and partner effects also emerged where both active duty military members' and their civilian spouses' perceptions of military community connections influenced the civilian spouses' satisfaction with military life, but only the active duty military members' community connections influenced their military-specific coping. Additionally, the associations between military-specific coping and individual and family well-being only had actor effects. When examined within the context of important military culture elements, namely rank and extent of military transitions (deployment and relocation), these core findings linking communities to coping and well-being were unchanged. Implications for theory, future research, and practice are shared. Se seleccionaron militares y sus cónyuges (n = 223 familias) de una instalación de servicio activo del ejército y se evaluaron en términos de sus conexiones con la comunidad militar, sus niveles de afrontamiento de las demandas de la cultura militar, y sus informes de bienestar individual (depresión y satisfacción de vida) y familiar. Los resultados de un modelo de ecuaciones estructurales, guiado por el modelo contextual de estrés familiar y la teoría de acción y cambio de organizaciones sociales, indicaron que las conexiones con la comunidad militar, tanto para militares como para sus cónyuges civiles, se asociaron al afrontamiento con la cultura militar y sus demandas, asociado a su vez al bienestar individual y familiar. Además, efectos únicos de actor y de pareja emergieron cuando las percepciones de sus conexiones con la comunidad militar tanto de militares en servicio activo como de sus cónyuges influyeron en la satisfacción del cónyuge civil con la vida militar pero sólo las conexiones con la comunidad militar de los militares en servicio activo influyeron en su propio afrontamiento específicamente militar. Por otra parte, las asociaciones entre el afrontamiento específicamente militar y el bienestar individual y familiar sólo tuvieron efectos de actor. Al examinarse dentro del contexto de elementos de cultura militar importantes, específicamente de rango y alcance de transiciones militares (despliegue y reubicación), estas relaciones de la comunidad central al afrontamiento al bienestar se mantuvieron sin cambio. Se comparten las implicaciones para la teoría, investigaciones futuras y la práctica. 我们从现役军队中选出军事人员及其配偶(n = 223个家庭)并评估了他们和军事社区的关系,对于军事文化要求的应对水平,以及报告的个人(抑郁和生活满意度)及其家庭的健康。基于家庭压力背景模型以及活动和改变社会组织理论的指导,从一个结构等式模型得出的结果显示对于军事人员以及平民配偶,军事社区联系都和对军事文化及其要求的应对相关,而应对又和个人和家庭健康相关。调查中还出现了独特的行为人和伴侣效果:现役军事人员及其平民配偶关于军事社区联系的感知只影响平民配偶关于军旅生活的满意度,而只有现役军事人员关于军事社区的感知会影响他自己军事特定应对。此外,军事特定应对和个人以及家庭健康之间的关联是有行为者效应。当置于重要军事文化因素背景中(即军衔和军事转折程度,例如部署和迁址)考察时,这些核心的社区-应对-健康关系并没有改变。我们还分享了该研究对理论,实践以及未来研究的影响。.

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Type: Publisher (spa)
Se seleccionaron militares y sus cónyuges (n = 223 familias) de una instalación de servicio activo del ejército y se evaluaron en términos de sus conexiones con la comunidad militar, sus niveles de afrontamiento de las demandas de la cultura militar, y sus informes de bienestar individual (depresión y satisfacción de vida) y familiar. Los resultados de un modelo de ecuaciones estructurales, guiado por el modelo contextual de estrés familiar y la teoría de acción y cambio de organizaciones sociales, indicaron que las conexiones con la comunidad militar, tanto para militares como para sus cónyuges civiles, se asociaron al afrontamiento con la cultura militar y sus demandas, asociado a su vez al bienestar individual y familiar. Además, efectos únicos de actor y de pareja emergieron cuando las percepciones de sus conexiones con la comunidad militar tanto de militares en servicio activo como de sus cónyuges influyeron en la satisfacción del cónyuge civil con la vida militar pero sólo las conexiones con la comunidad militar de los militares en servicio activo influyeron en su propio afrontamiento específicamente militar. Por otra parte, las asociaciones entre el afrontamiento específicamente militar y el bienestar individual y familiar sólo tuvieron efectos de actor. Al examinarse dentro del contexto de elementos de cultura militar importantes, específicamente de rango y alcance de transiciones militares (despliegue y reubicación), estas relaciones de la comunidad central al afrontamiento al bienestar se mantuvieron sin cambio. Se comparten las implicaciones para la teoría, investigaciones futuras y la práctica.
Type: Publisher (chi)
我们从现役军队中选出军事人员及其配偶(n = 223个家庭)并评估了他们和军事社区的关系,对于军事文化要求的应对水平,以及报告的个人(抑郁和生活满意度)及其家庭的健康。基于家庭压力背景模型以及活动和改变社会组织理论的指导,从一个结构等式模型得出的结果显示对于军事人员以及平民配偶,军事社区联系都和对军事文化及其要求的应对相关,而应对又和个人和家庭健康相关。调查中还出现了独特的行为人和伴侣效果:现役军事人员及其平民配偶关于军事社区联系的感知只影响平民配偶关于军旅生活的满意度,而只有现役军事人员关于军事社区的感知会影响他自己军事特定应对。此外,军事特定应对和个人以及家庭健康之间的关联是有行为者效应。当置于重要军事文化因素背景中(即军衔和军事转折程度,例如部署和迁址)考察时,这些核心的社区-应对-健康关系并没有改变。我们还分享了该研究对理论,实践以及未来研究的影响。.

Identifiants

pubmed: 30294836
doi: 10.1111/famp.12395
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

158-172

Informations de copyright

© 2018 Family Process Institute.

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Auteurs

Catherine Walker O'Neal (CW)

Department of Human Development and Family Science, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA.

Evin W Richardson (EW)

Department of Human Development and Family Science, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA.

Jay A Mancini (JA)

Department of Human Development and Family Science, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA.

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