Military Culture & Structure
This military branch is NOT one of the five branches of the U.S. military discussed in the textbook.
What is the National Guard?
This theory emphasizes the importance of understanding how military families reorganize during deployment and reunification.
What is Family Systems Theory?
The "emotional cycle of deployment" model identifies this many distinct phases.
What is seven?
Military children typically experience this many school moves during their K-12 education.
What is 6-9 moves?
Secondary traumatization in military families refers to this.
What are stress reactions in family members of traumatized service members?
In the film "Unbroken," Louis Zamperini competed in this Olympic event before joining the military.
What is long-distance running?
This concept refers to the military's inclusion of Active duty, Reserve, and National Guard components.
What is the "Total Force" concept?
In military families, this concept refers to uncertainty about who is in or out of the family system.
What is boundary ambiguity?
"Coming home" for military families includes this critical aspect beyond physical return.
What is emotional and psychological reintegration processes?
Research on military children has consistently shown they demonstrate these contrasting characteristics.
What are vulnerabilities and remarkable resilience?
Research on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in military families suggests this about family impact.
What is it can affect family functioning and relationships?
In "Unbroken," Louis Zamperini survived this many days on a raft in the Pacific Ocean.
What is 47 days?
Military family readiness refers to this capability.
What is the family's ability to function effectively and adapt to military demands?
This theoretical framework best explains how military families adapt to stressors by utilizing resources and developing coping strategies.
What is Family Stress Theory?
Post-9/11 military operations have been characterized by this deployment pattern.
What are longer and more frequent deployments?
This phenomenon occurs when children assume adult roles and responsibilities during a parent's deployment.
What is parentification?
Evidence-based interventions for military couples dealing with PTSD often focus on this approach.
What are conjoint approaches that include communication training?
In "The Inspection," the main character Ellis French joined the Marines during this military policy era.
What is "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"?
Approximately this percentage of active-duty service members were married as of the most recent data presented in the textbook.
What is 50%?
Developed by Pauline Boss, this concept is most applicable to military families during deployment separation.
What is ambiguous loss?
This term refers to the process of leaving military service and reintegrating into civilian life.
What is military-to-civilian transition (MCT)?
This is a unique stressor for dual-military couples.
What are competing deployments?
The concept of "protective buffering" in military couples refers to this communication pattern.
What is withholding information to protect the partner from distress?
Director Elegance Bratton uses this cinematic technique in "The Inspection" to illustrate the protagonist's emotional state.
What are color-shifting dream sequences?
Military family members often face this challenge during Permanent Change of Station (PCS) moves.
What are school transitions/educational disruptions? (Accept similar answers about frequent relocations)
This family life cycle stage presents unique challenges for military families experiencing frequent relocations.
What are families with adolescents? (Also accept: families with young children, launching children and moving on, or all of the above)
This concept refers to combat-ready thinking and behaviors that may be maladaptive in civilian contexts.
What is "battlemind"?
The term "military family syndrome" originated in this era and has since been largely discredited by subsequent research.
What is the 1970s?
Military family resilience research indicates this factor is most crucial for positive adaptation.
What is the family's meaning-making and coping strategies?
This character in "Unbroken" is a Japanese prison camp commander who treated Zamperini with particular cruelty.
Who is Mutsuhiro "The Bird" Watanabe?