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DIFFERENCES IN PARENTIFICATION OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS IN TWO-PARENT MILITARY FAMILIES VERSUS ONE-PARENT MILITARY FAMILIES DUE TO DEPLOYMENT
Title
DIFFERENCES IN PARENTIFICATION OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS IN TWO-PARENT MILITARY FAMILIES VERSUS ONE-PARENT MILITARY FAMILIES DUE TO DEPLOYMENT.
Creator
Truhan, Tayler, Neer, Sandra, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences in parentification in military families with a deployed parent and without a deployed parent. Previous research has highlighted increased rates of parentification in situations involving parental absence or unavailability, such as divorce, parental illness, parental alcoholism, and domestic violence. This construct was assessed using the Parentification Questionnaire - Youth, a 20 item self-report survey for children and adolescents...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to investigate the differences in parentification in military families with a deployed parent and without a deployed parent. Previous research has highlighted increased rates of parentification in situations involving parental absence or unavailability, such as divorce, parental illness, parental alcoholism, and domestic violence. This construct was assessed using the Parentification Questionnaire - Youth, a 20 item self-report survey for children and adolescents. Participants consisted of 22 children, ages 7-17, from military families with a deployed parent and military families without a deployed parent. After removing two statistical outliers from the intact military families group, an independent samples t-test was conducted. It was found that there was a significant difference between military families with a deployed parent and military families without a deployed parent. Military families with a deployed parent had higher rates of parentification than military families without a deployed parent. Limitations include a small sample size due to time constraints, the possible presence of one or both parents during the questionnaire, and lack of control groups. Future research should include a larger sample size, increase the comparison to more family groups (i.e. civilian, divorced, separated by work), and assess possible positive or negative impacts of parentification on military children from families separated by deployment.
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Date Issued
2014
Identifier
CFH0004568, ucf:45176
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0004568
PERCEIVED LOCUS OF CONTROL IN THE CHILDREN OF MILITARY AND CIVILIAN FAMILIES AFFECTED BY DEPLOYMENT AND DIVORCE
Title
PERCEIVED LOCUS OF CONTROL IN THE CHILDREN OF MILITARY AND CIVILIAN FAMILIES AFFECTED BY DEPLOYMENT AND DIVORCE.
Creator
Kanefsky, Rebekah, Neer, Sandra, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
This study was designed to explore the differences between locus of control (LOC) in children from civilian and military families and to investigate whether military deployment is associated with an external locus of control more than other family dynamics. The literature has focused on the negative implications of external LOC for children's mental health and achievement as well as in childhood chronic illness, parental absence, and parental alcoholism. However, prior research regarding this...
Show moreThis study was designed to explore the differences between locus of control (LOC) in children from civilian and military families and to investigate whether military deployment is associated with an external locus of control more than other family dynamics. The literature has focused on the negative implications of external LOC for children's mental health and achievement as well as in childhood chronic illness, parental absence, and parental alcoholism. However, prior research regarding this construct related to children of military families is significantly lacking. In the present study, LOC was measured by the Nowicki-Strickland Locus of Control Scale for Children, a 40 question scale designed for individuals within the range of 3rd to 12th grade. The 54 participants in this study ranged in age from 7 to 17 and came from either a military family with a deployed parent, a civilian family with two caregivers in the home, or a divorced - separated civilian family. A univariate one-way ANOVA was conducted on the data. It was found that children of deployed military families did not score significantly different for mean locus of control than civilian separated/divorced families, or civilian intact families. A correlation comparing age and LOC scores found no significant relationship. Limitations of this study included a small sample size due to time restrictions, and subsequently reduced statistical power. Future investigations into LOC should continue to explore its relationship with children in military families, as future studies correcting for sampling may obtain significant results. Further research should also probe more deeply into the negative and positive consequences that external and internal attributional tendencies may have for children's development, academic performance, and overall well-being.
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Date Issued
2015
Identifier
CFH0004884, ucf:45416
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0004884
PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELORS' PERSPECTIVES ON THE EFFECTS OF MILITARY PARENTAL DEPLOYMENT ON SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Title
PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELORS' PERSPECTIVES ON THE EFFECTS OF MILITARY PARENTAL DEPLOYMENT ON SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS.
Creator
McCloud, Cheryl, Robinson, E.H. Mike, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
This qualitative study used an exploratory phenomenological approach to examine professional school counselors' perspectives on the effects of military parental deployment on school aged children and adolescents. The voices of school counselors who work with military connected children are absent from the literature. The research site was a professional counseling conference in Germany in the fall of 2010. Participants consisted of 12 professional school counselors who work with school-aged...
Show moreThis qualitative study used an exploratory phenomenological approach to examine professional school counselors' perspectives on the effects of military parental deployment on school aged children and adolescents. The voices of school counselors who work with military connected children are absent from the literature. The research site was a professional counseling conference in Germany in the fall of 2010. Participants consisted of 12 professional school counselors who work with school-aged children and adolescents who have experienced parental military deployment. Participants adopted pseudonyms though several indicated an affiliation with Department of Defense Dependent Schools (DODDS) and therefore offered their unique perspectives as school counselors living in military communities and working almost exclusively with military connected children and families. Data collection consisted of individual interviews with counselor participants. Data analysis consisted of coding meaningful words and phrases and yielded 33 preliminary categories that became new codes. Analysis of relationships between codes resulted in the emergence of four distinct themes: Military Life, Stages of Deployment, Role of the Counselor, and Children and Adolescents. Themes were supported by quotations of meaningful statements, thus participant voices provide thick, rich descriptions of the phenomenon. Validity strategies included peer debriefing, researcher positionality, and multiple examinations of the data set.
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Date Issued
2011
Identifier
CFE0004046, ucf:49128
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0004046