Publication Date
2-1-2018
Document Type
Article
Organizational Units
College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences, Psychology
Keywords
Military, Couples, Communication, Combat deployment, Relationship functioning
Abstract
In recent decades, there has been a dramatic increase in the ability of service members and their intimate partners to communicate while the service member is deployed to a combat zone. Communication among partners is a crucial aspect of intimate relationships that has been demonstrated to be highly associated with couples’ satisfaction. In addition, it is often cited by unhappy partners as a primary relationship problem. This special section of the Journal of Family Psychology presents five articles investigating deployment communication among service members and their intimate partners. The studies address the content and goals of deployment communication, the relations of communication to relationship satisfaction, as well as a new measure of deployment communication for potential use in future studies. A greater understanding of communication among partners of military couples during a combat deployment could likely benefit our understanding of relationship communication in a broader range of couples.
Copyright Date
2-1-2018
Copyright Statement / License for Reuse
Publication Statement
This article was contributed to by a U.S. government employee in the course of their employment and is in the Public Domain. This article was originally published as:
Sayers, S. L., & Rhoades, G. K. (2018). Recent advances in the understanding of relationship communication during military deployment. Journal of Family Psychology, 32(1), 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000417
Provenance
Received from CHORUS
File Format
application/pdf
Language
English (eng)
Extent
2 pgs
File Size
36.3 KB
Publication Title
Journal of Family Psychology
Volume
32
Issue
1
First Page
1
Last Page
2
ISSN
1939-1293
Recommended Citation
Sayers, Steven L. and Rhoades, Galena K., "Recent Advances in the Understanding of Relationship Communication During Military Deployment" (2018). Psychology: Faculty Scholarship. 66.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/psychology_faculty/66
https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000417
DOI Link
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