Understanding the Impact of Deployment on Children and Families
Findings from a Pilot Study of Operation Purple Camp Participants
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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.
Table of Contents
Chapter One
Introduction
Chapter Two
A Review of the Literature
Chapter Three
Results of the Pilot Study at Operation Purple Camp
Chapter Four
Conclusions
Appendix A
Additional Sample Demographics
Appendix B
Child Peer and Family Functioning
Appendix C
Caregiver Hassles, Concerns
Appendix D
Communication with Deployed Parent
Appendix E
Experience of Deployment - Additional Tables
The research in this report was prepared for the National Military Family Association by the RAND Center for Military Health Policy Research.
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