Understanding the Impact of Deployment on Children and Families
Findings from a Pilot Study of Operation Purple Camp Participants
Published May 2, 2008
Servicemembers' family members may experience significant stress related to deployment of their loved ones. Understanding how family members fare during and after servicemembers' deployment is critical for assessing the need for programs to serve these families and to design them appropriately. Researchers surveyed families attending a summer camp program that children with a deployed parent attend, to learn more about the experiences of deployment and to describe the functioning and well-being of children of deployed military personnel over time from the perspectives of the child and home caregiver.
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- Year: 2008
- Pages: 69
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Chandra, Anita, Rachel M. Burns, Terri Tanielian, Lisa H. Jaycox, and Molly M. Scott, Understanding the Impact of Deployment on Children and Families: Findings from a Pilot Study of Operation Purple Camp Participants, RAND Corporation, WR-566, 2008. As of October 10, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR566.html
Chandra, Anita, Rachel M. Burns, Terri Tanielian, Lisa H. Jaycox, and Molly M. Scott, Understanding the Impact of Deployment on Children and Families: Findings from a Pilot Study of Operation Purple Camp Participants. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2008. https://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR566.html.
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