This book focuses on the key issues that affect military families when soldiers are deployed overseas, focusing on the support given to military personnel and families before, during, and after missions

Temporary parental absence is not unique to military families; various jobs in different industries involve work-related travel. Parental separation as a result of military deployment, however, differs from regular business travel, because it involves the risk that military personnel may be injured, …

Generaal Marc van Uhm beseft dat het thuisfront van groot belang is bij missies van Nederlandse militairen in Afghanistan. ‘Wij zijn hier bezig met ons vak, wij kennen de risico’s en anticiperen op gebeurtenissen. Thuis weten ze dat allemaal niet en maken ze zich zorgen over berichten in de media. Het …

This paper introduces a design case that was built around the challenge to design a prototype for women that would positively influence their perception of personal safety in public spaces. The proposed design combines an individual focus with a public impact, influencing emotions through embodiment …

The purpose of this study is to investigate the validity of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–2 (MMPI-2) as a screening tool for selecting candidates with the potential for adjusting to Chinese army life and for detecting recruits with psychological problems. The unique military environment …

We examined the longitudinal relationships among work–family conflict, general life stress, social isolation, and psychological distress of partners of deployed military personnel. Regression analyses revealed that psychological distress experienced in early stages of deployment predicted psychological …

Deployments, such as the ones to Uruzgan, do not end when service members return home. For an extensive period of time, they have performed their jobs in a hazardous environment, with ambushes and violent attacks and the risk of being wounded or even killed. They may also have witnessed violation of …

The work-family interface is a highly relevant, yet underexposed issue in project management. When projects require family-separation, work demands are likely to conflict with family life and the consequences may be neither beneficial for (project) organizations nor for families. The aim of this study …

As a consequence of various causes, numerous children are confronted with parental separation. By following families in the course of military deployments, this study aimed at enhancing knowledge on temporary father—child separation. Data were part of a longitudinal study of military families and were …

Niet alleen in de media, maar ook op het gebied van onderzoek in binnen- en buitenland wordt veel aandacht besteed aan militaire operaties en alles wat daar mee samenhangt. Zo is op het gebied van de ervaringenvan het thuisfront van uitgezonden militairen al heel wat bekend. In vervolg op voorgaand onderzoek …