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- Title
Identifying Mental Health Profiles Among Adolescents Who Experienced a Recent Parental Deployment or Military-Related Family Separation.
- Authors
Lucier-Greer, Mallory; O'Neal, Catherine Walker; Mancini, Jay A.
- Abstract
Accessing two independent samples of adolescents in military families in the United States who recently experienced parental separation (N = 573; N = 186), this study sought to identify adolescent mental health profiles indexed on multiple indicators. In other words, we asked how military adolescents fare after parental separation in terms of mental health indicators. Proximal family processes (family cohesion, conflict, and marital adjustment) were also examined in relation to mental health profiles as well as core adolescent outcomes, self-rated health, and school enjoyment. In both samples, three profiles emerged identifying similar structures of mental health profiles. Two-thirds of adolescents were in the lowest risk mental health group. Poor family cohesion and greater conflict were associated with the moderate and highest risk groups. The lowest risk group reported better health and greater school enjoyment. Family nurses and other health care professionals are encouraged to inquire about military connectedness, structural changes occurring within the family system, and family processes in relation to adolescent well-being.
- Subjects
UNITED States; EVALUATION of medical care; WELL-being; MENTAL health; FAMILY separation policy, 2018-2021; DEPLOYMENT (Military strategy); FAMILIES of military personnel; RESEARCH funding; PARENT-child relationships; FAMILY relations; DATA analysis software; MENTAL illness
- Publication
Journal of Family Nursing, 2023, Vol 29, Issue 3, p301
- ISSN
1074-8407
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/10748407231163588