Family Resilience in the Military: Definitions, Models, and Policies

Sarah O. Meadows ; Megan K. Beckett ; Kirby Bowling ; Daniela Golinelli ; Michael P. Fisher ; Laurie T. Martin ; Lisa S. Meredith ; Karen Chan Osilla

RAND Corporation

RAND Corporation

关键词: United States Department of Defense;    Military Families;   

DOI  :  10.7249/RR470
ISBN  :  9780833084514
RP-ID  :  RR-470-OSD

学科分类：自然科学（综合）

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来源: RAND Corporation Published Research

【 摘 要 】

Military life presents a variety of challenges to military families, including frequent separations and relocations as well as the risks that service members face during deployment; however, many families successfully navigate these challenges. Despite a recent emphasis on family resilience, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) does not have a standard and universally accepted definition of family resilience. A standard definition is a necessary for DoD to more effectively assess its efforts to sustain and improve family resilience. RAND authors reviewed the literature on family resilience and, in this report, recommend a definition that could be used DoD-wide. The authors also reviewed DoD policies related to family resilience, reviewed models that describe family resilience and identified key family resilience factors, and developed several recommendations for how family-resilience programs and policies could be managed across DoD.