Deployment and Family Separation: An Annotated
Bibliography
What the Annotated Bibliography Contains
and How it Was Compiled
This document contains brief descriptions of 66 studies, most of
which were conducted during the past 20 years, on deployment and
family separation. We selected these studies using a standardized
process. First, we identified a set of civilian and military databases
containing research relevant to the topic. The selected databases
include:
- Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)
- Army Research Institute (ARI)
- Office of Navy Research (ONR)
- Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT)
- PsycINFO
- Sociofile
- Web of Science
Second, after some initial searching in these databases, we identified
five categories of outcomes related to deployment and family separation.
These categories include:
- Child outcomes
- Family adjustment and coping
- Marital relationship
- Mental health and well-being
- Job outcomes
Third, we developed a standard set of search terms to allow for
consistent searching between databases. We used these terms to locate
all journal articles, reports, and book chapters that pertained
to each of the five deployment categories identified above. The
standard set of search terms for the deployment-related variables
include:
- Deployment
- Parent absence
- Family + separation
- Father absence
- Perstempo, tempo
- Military family
- Separation + parent
- Military lifestyle
- Tanshinfunin (Japanese term for family separation due to employment)
The standard set of search terms for the outcome categories include:
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Child
outcomes
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Family adjustment & coping
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Marital relationship
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Mental health & well-being
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Job
outcomes
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- Mother
- Father
- Child, children, infant
- Parent, parenting
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- Family + relationships
- Family support
- Spouse
- Adjustment
- Coping
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- Marriage
- Marital relationship
- Spouse
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- Stressors
- Depression
- Emotion
- Well-being
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- Satisfaction
- Retention
- Performance
- Career
- Attitude
- Work, job
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Once we identified and obtained the research materials (either the
actual report/article or the abstract), we read them for topic relevance.
If these materials contained information about other pertinent studies
that were not identified in the primary search, we also obtained
these secondary-source studies for review.
We chose the most current and relevant studies/reports identified
in each of the deployment outcome categories to review in this annotated
bibliography. The number of studies reviewed in each category ranges
from 8 to 21, resulting in a total of 66 reviews. Thus, this is
not an exhaustive review of the literature, but a representation
of the type and quality of research previously conducted. It is
intended to serve as a useful tool in the development of future
studies.
What This Document Contains and How
It Was Compiled
How to Use the Annotated Bibliography
View the Annotated Bibliography
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