The first study from the Rand Institute found that a parent's deployment causes teens to feel stress, but the more times the parent is deployed, the less stress the child feels.
The other study was by the Army War College's Strategic Studies Institute.
- This study found that teens cope better if they are in a strong family system, if they are involved in activities at school, and if they believe that their parents are doing something good for their country.
- Researchers found that 56 percent of the 559 teens interviewed said they were coping well or very well.
- 17 percent of surveyed teens said they were coping poorly or very poorly.
Labels: stress, military, separation
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