Mechanisms of Risk and Resilience in Military Families: Theoretical and Empirical Basis of a Family-Focused Resilience Enhancement Program

Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 213-230

  Saltzman, William R ^a   Lester, Patricia ^b   Beardslee, William R ^c   Layne, Christopher M ^d   Woodward, Kirsten ^e   Nash, William P ^f  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e United States Bureau of Navy Medicine and Surgery   (United States)

^f Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and TBI   (United States)

Author keywords

Combat stress program; Family resilience; Family stress; FOCUS; FOCUS project; Military child and family; Military family; Military family prevention; Military family treatment; Resilience; Resilience enhancement program; Risk and resilience; Trauma treatment program; Wartime deployment

Indexed keywords

COPING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY RELATIONS; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052050621     PISSN: 10964037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10567-011-0096-1     Document Type: Review

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