Military Children: Examining The Impact of Parental Deployment

• Parental Deployment and Children: A Review of the Literature Since 2001
  Presented by: Stacy Ann Hawkins, Gabriel S. Schlomer, Leslie Bosch, Debbie Casper, Christine Bracamonte Wiggs, Noel Card, Lynne Borden

• Psychological and Academic Problems of Children of Deployed Military Service Members: A Meta-analysis of Quantitative Research
  Presented by: Debbie Casper, Noel Card, Leslie Bosch, Christine Bracamonte Wiggs, Stacy Ann Hawkins, Gabriel S. Schlomer, Lynne Borden

• Methodological Challenges and Areas for Future Research
  Presented by: Gabriel S. Schlomer, Stacy Ann Hawkins, Lynne Borden, Noel Card

Abstracts

Military Children: Examining The Impact of Parental Deployment

Presented by: Stacy Ann Hawkins et al

This three-paper symposium explores the impact of parental deployment on children. First, "Parental Deployment and Children: A Review of the Literature Since 2001," reviews the studies linking parental deployment and children's functioning during the current conflicts. Second, "Psychological and Academic Problems of Children of Deployed Military Service Members: A Meta-Analysis of Quantitative Research," presents quantitative evidence about the relation between parental deployment and children's outcomes. Finally, "Methodological Challenges and Areas for Future Research," discusses the limitations and challenges to research in this area. The symposium will close with discussant remarks and open discussion about conducting research on military families.