title: Military deployment and reintegration: a systematic review of child coping.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Child coping with parent military deployment and family reintegration.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  A systematic review of research literature was conducted to examine the effects of deployment and family reintegration on children in military families.
  
  
  METHODS
  A search of CINAHL, PubMed, Psyc-INFO, and SocINDEX databases was performed using the terms "military family," "military child," "child coping," "deployment," and "reintegration." The search was limited to publications between 2001 and 2014 to focus on the effects of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), and Operation New Dawn (OND). Twenty-seven research reports met inclusion criteria.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Three themes were extracted: A child's coping is influenced by (a) the child's age and development, (b) the mental health and coping of the non-deployed parent during deployment, and the mental health of both parents during family reintegration, and (c) the pre-existing resilience/vulnerability, cumulative risks, and resources of the child and family.
authors: Seattle, WA, USA.
authors: Cindy F
authors: CF
authors: Bello-Utu
authors: Janiece E
authors: JE
authors: DeSocio
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Child coping; deployment; military child; military family; reintegration