2012-05-10T18:02:46Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/k/karney_benjamin.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG720z1.html 2008-03-30T18:35:00Z 2008-03-30T18:35:00Z

Summarizes key findings and recommendations from Invisible Wounds of War: Psychological and Cognitive Injuries, Their Consequences, and Services to Assist Recovery (Tanielian and Jaycox [Eds.], MG-720-CCF, 2008).

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR488.html 2007-09-19T19:33:00Z 2007-09-19T19:33:00Z

Evaluates the current landscape of theory, research, and interventions addressing the role of adolescent romantic relationships in the development of healthy adult marriages.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9509.html 2010-02-11T17:01:00Z 2010-02-11T17:01:00Z

Summarizes analyses of existing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) studies for war zone veterans, finding that the prevalence estimates vary widely and are linked to the use of different PTSD diagnostic definitions and divergent study samples.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9336.html 2008-04-08T20:41:00Z 2008-04-08T20:41:00Z

This research brief summarizes a comprehensive RAND study of the mental health and cognitive needs of returning servicemembers and veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR546.html 2008-04-18T07:20:00Z 2008-04-18T07:20:00Z

Reviews literature on post-traumatic stress disorder, major depression, and traumatic brain injury and discusses the likely effects of these conditions for veterans that have served in Afghanistan and Iraq and their families.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR645.html 2008-12-16T12:10:00Z 2008-12-16T12:10:00Z

Using panel data from the Health and Retirement Study, analyzes the impact of a lifetime of marriage events on wealth levels near retirement.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG720.html 2008-03-26T17:17:00Z 2008-03-26T17:17:00Z

A comprehensive study of the post-deployment health-related needs associated with post-traumatic stress disorder, major depression, and traumatic brain injury among servicemembers returning from Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20101318.html 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The authors reviewed 29 studies that provide prevalence estimates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among service members previously deployed to Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom and their non-U.S. military counterparts. Combat exposure is the only correlate consistently associated with PTSD.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070817.html 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

These findings highlight the importance of a dyadic approach when examining the role of stress in marriage.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20050817.html 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Current proposals to promote and strengthen marriage among low-income populations focus on values and behavioral skills as targets of intervention.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070506.html 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

In these comments, the author suggests that the call for a new shift in the focus of marital research may be premature.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20060320.html 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under what circumstances are spouses more or less likely to engage in aggressive behaviors?

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20081232.html 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Risks associated with less satisfying intimate relationships often co-occur within individuals. Relationship satisfaction was lower among those with more risks, and cumulative risk score was predictive above and beyond the individual risk factors.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG599.html 2007-03-21T14:32:00Z 2007-03-21T14:32:00Z

Evaluates the effects of extended deployments on military marriages.