![]() ![]() ![]() An initial sample of 1,507 youths ages 11–17 from the Operation Purple® applicant pool, as well as the nondeployed caregiver for each youth, was randomly selected in proportions that approximately reflected the service and component composition of deploying personnel using the most current data at the time (November 2007). The study population was drawn from applicants to Operation Purple®, a free summer camp for children from military families sponsored by the National Military Family Association. The research is among the first to explore how these groups are faring during an extended period of wartime. To begin addressing these knowledge gaps, a RAND team conducted a longitudinal study focused on a sample of youth from military families and their caregivers. Yet relatively little is known about the effects of deployment on the emotional well-being of military families. However, evidence suggests that military families have also been affected, particularly by the strain of multiple and prolonged deployments. ![]() servicemembers deployed for the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have been well documented (see, for example, Invisible Wounds of War. The mental and emotional challenges facing U.S. Poorer caregiver emotional well-being and family communication quality were associated with poorer emotional well-being and greater difficulties for youth during and after deployment.Challenges during parental deployment and reintegration were greater for older teens, girls, and Reserve Component spouses.Difficulties reported by study youth during parental deployment and subsequent reintegration were greater if their parents had accumulated more months of deployment.Youth applicants to Operation Purple®, a free summer camp for military youth, reported higher levels of anxiety symptoms and emotional difficulties than youth in other studies. ![]()
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