The perceived effect of stressors on marital satisfaction among civilian wives of enlisted soldiers deployed to Somalia for Operation Restore Hope

Nearly 400 spouses of enlisted soldiers who had deployed to Somalia as part of Operation Restore Hope in late 1992 and early 1993 were surveyed in July/August 1993. Their reported post-deployment and retrospective pre-deployment marital satisfaction was predicted as a function of four potentially st...

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Published inMilitary medicine Vol. 161; no. 10; p. 601
Main Authors Schumm, W R, Bell, D B, Knott, B, Rice, R E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 01.10.1996
Subjects
Adult
Bereavement
Communication
Female
Humans
Loneliness - psychology
Marriage - psychology
Marriage - statistics & numerical data
Military Personnel - psychology
Multivariate Analysis
Pregnancy - psychology
Somalia
Spouses - psychology
Stress, Psychological
United States
Somalia
United States
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Summary:Nearly 400 spouses of enlisted soldiers who had deployed to Somalia as part of Operation Restore Hope in late 1992 and early 1993 were surveyed in July/August 1993. Their reported post-deployment and retrospective pre-deployment marital satisfaction was predicted as a function of four potentially stressful events or conditions: experiencing a pregnancy during deployment, experiencing loneliness, experiencing the death of a close friend or relative, and/or having problems communicating with one's spouse. Pre-deployment marital stability was used as a control variable. Results from multivariate analyses of variance suggest that the effects of various difficulties during a brief deployment are less stressful, at least in terms of their impact on marital satisfaction, than is often assumed, even for marriages that might be considered "at risk" in terms of low marital stability.
ISSN:0026-4075
DOI:10.1093/milmed/161.10.601