111-01: Identifying At-Risk U.S. Army Soldiers-In-Training Based on Adverse Childhood Experiences

This symposium focuses on the well-being and experiences of military families across the lifespan and is guided by the stress process framework (Pearlin et al., 1981). The first two studies explore how chronic or eventful military-related life conditions influence varied health outcomes. Study three explores how leisure participation as a resource relates to mental/physical health outcomes. Study four presents a family program that can provide military families with additional resources to cope with chronic military conditions and associated stressors in hopes of decreasing negative health outcomes. In combination, the intent of each paper is to provide relevant findings regarding military populations in multiple contexts that can promote better health and functioning for the individual service member/veteran and the military family as a whole.

Objectives

- To demonstrate linkages between the empirical findings of research on military families with the development of family education programming.
- To provide recommendations for helping professionals who work with military family and veteran family populations.
- To analyze well-being outcomes of military individuals from large nationally representative datasets to aid in better generalizing findings that can be applicable to military families in a variety of settings.

Keywords: military families, lifespan development, applied research

111-02: Combat-Related Traumatic Experiences and the Health of Aging Veterans

This symposium focuses on the well-being and experiences of military families across the lifespan and is guided by the stress process framework (Pearlin et al., 1981). The first two studies explore how chronic or eventful military-related life conditions influence varied health outcomes. Study three explores how leisure participation as a resource relates to mental/physical health outcomes. Study four presents a family program that can provide military families with additional resources to cope with chronic military conditions and associated stressors in hopes of decreasing negative health outcomes. In combination, the intent of each paper is to provide relevant findings regarding military populations in multiple contexts that can promote better health and functioning for the individual service member/veteran and the military family as a whole.

Objectives

- To demonstrate linkages between the empirical findings of research on military families with the development of family education programming.
- To provide recommendations for helping professionals who work with military family and veteran family populations.
- To analyze well-being outcomes of military individuals from large nationally representative datasets to aid in better generalizing findings that can be applicable to military families in a variety of settings.

Keywords: military families, lifespan development, applied research

111-03: A Comparison of U.S. Military Veterans’ and Civilians’ Leisure Participation and Its Association With Psychological Adversity and Health Care Visits Among Older Adults

This symposium focuses on the well-being and experiences of military families across the lifespan and is guided by the stress process framework (Pearlin et al., 1981). The first two studies explore how chronic or eventful military-related life conditions influence varied health outcomes. Study three explores how leisure participation as a resource relates to mental/physical health outcomes. Study four presents a family program that can provide military families with additional resources to cope with chronic military conditions and associated stressors in hopes of decreasing negative health outcomes. In combination, the intent of each paper is to provide relevant findings regarding military populations in multiple contexts that can promote better health and functioning for the individual service member/veteran and the military family as a whole.

Objectives

- To demonstrate linkages between the empirical findings of research on military families with the development of family education programming.
- To provide recommendations for helping professionals who work with military family and veteran family populations.
- To analyze well-being outcomes of military individuals from large nationally representative datasets to aid in better generalizing findings that can be applicable to military families in a variety of settings.

Keywords: military families, lifespan development, applied research

111-04: Adapting the Together We Can Program For Use With Military Families

This symposium focuses on the well-being and experiences of military families across the lifespan and is guided by the stress process framework (Pearlin et al., 1981). The first two studies explore how chronic or eventful military-related life conditions influence varied health outcomes. Study three explores how leisure participation as a resource relates to mental/physical health outcomes. Study four presents a family program that can provide military families with additional resources to cope with chronic military conditions and associated stressors in hopes of decreasing negative health outcomes. In combination, the intent of each paper is to provide relevant findings regarding military populations in multiple contexts that can promote better health and functioning for the individual service member/veteran and the military family as a whole.

Objectives

- To demonstrate linkages between the empirical findings of research on military families with the development of family education programming.
- To provide recommendations for helping professionals who work with military family and veteran family populations.
- To analyze well-being outcomes of military individuals from large nationally representative datasets to aid in better generalizing findings that can be applicable to military families in a variety of settings.

Keywords: military families, lifespan development, applied research