Military Families' Health and Well-Being

A Socioecological Model of Risks

Janja Vuga Beršnak, Jelena Juvan, Živa Humer, Andreja Živoder, Ljubica Jelušič, Alenka Švab, Bojana Lobe (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

XVI, 203 Seiten

2023 | 2023
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-23359-3 (ISBN)

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This book examines military families' well-being and health outcomes by providing a critical theoretical perspective on their position and the risks and challenges affecting them. Authors explore the tension between demands made by two greedy institutions-the military and the family-and how the well-being of families is negotiated between the two. Uniquely, the book employs an integrative approach to observing and analyzing military-specific risk and protective factors for health outcomes of military families on various social-ecological levels, including relationship satisfaction and dissatisfaction, intimate partnership violence, parent-child relationships, child well-being, psychoactive substance abuse, depression, and PTSD. Throughout the chapters, the authors analyze research findings that reveal new health outcomes and present an empirically-tested model of military-specific risk and protective factors.

Janja Vuga Beršnak is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences at University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Her research interests include peace operations, military sociology (family, gender, children, and motivation), and crisis management. Alenka Švab is Professor of Sociology in the Faculty of Social Sciences at University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Her research interests include families and family policy, everyday life, life courses, and social aspects of sexuality, intimacy, and body. Andreja Živoder is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Researcher for the Centre of Social Psychology at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. She is engaged in research studies on everyday life, life course, youth studies, and social topics in the field of health. Živa Humer is Research Fellow at the Peace Institute at the Institue for Contemporary Social and Political Studies in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Her research interests include gender equality policy in Slovenia and the European Union, family and social politics, work-life balance issues, and men and gender equality. Jelena Juvan is Assistant Professor in the Defense Research Centre in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Ljubica Jelušič is Professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Her research interests include contemporary armed conflicts, international operations and missions, military sociology, military families support programs, and conversion of military capabilities. Bojana Lobe is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences at University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Her research interests include online qualitative research methods, mixed methods methods and multimethod designs, qualitative comparative analysis, children's experiences, and digital technologies.

1. Introduction.- 2. Social Changes in Family Life During the Past Few Decades.- 3. The Broader Social Context Affecting Military Family Health Outcomes.- 4. The Theoretical Model of Military-Specific Risk or Protective Factors for Military Family Health Outcomes.- 5. The Health Outcomes in Military Families.- 6. Risks for the Health of the Military Family Compared to the Civilian One: The Regression.- 7. Discussion: Impact of Military-Specific Risk/Protective Factors for Military Family's Health Outcomes.- 8. Conclusion: Select Measures Suggested by the Research Team.

Erscheinungsdatum	06.03.2023
Zusatzinfo	XVI, 203 p.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	388 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
Schlagworte	Deployment • military family • Military Health • Military Psychology • Military Sociology • Military-specific factors • Military well-being • mixed-methods approach • Risk and protective factors • work-life balance
ISBN-10	3-031-23359-X / 303123359X
ISBN-13	978-3-031-23359-3 / 9783031233593
Zustand	Neuware