Mental Health and Military Families
In an article from the National Center for Children in Poverty, researchers entailed the deployment rates amongst active duty service members as well as National guard and reservist and the devastating impact that it has on families of the personnel. Many children who may experience stressful situations before a parent has deployed including after the parent return, may need appropriate mental health support systems due to psychological stress. Many of the children’s issues stem from frequent moves, multiple deployments, parental deaths and injuries. As a result, to the psychological distress children are at a disadvantage than their counterparts. Notable observations that have been seen in military children were, changes seen in academic performances, aggressive …show more content…
Verhoeven describes qualitative research as having nothing to do with numbers and more to do with exploring the background of information. The qualitative research method will be used as a descriptive method of research that will employ data collection methods to pick out how military family members, especially spouses, perceive situational challenges. Their perceptions are what will give this type of research its holistic form (Verhoeven, 2011, pp. 135-136).
Research Design
The phenomenological research design will be used to gain insight and understanding about the perceptions that military families have. Phenomenological designs have been commonly used to examine human experiences which are also known as lived experiences, provided by the descriptions of research participants. The goal of using this research design is to find meanings for each participant as they are asked to describe their own experiences, in which they perceive them. The data drawn from each participant will then be formulated into themes or patterns.
Data Collection Instrument and
In an article from the National Center for Children in Poverty, researchers entailed the deployment rates amongst active duty service members as well as National guard and reservist and the devastating impact that it has on families of the personnel. Many children who may experience stressful situations before a parent has deployed including after the parent return, may need appropriate mental health support systems due to psychological stress. Many of the children’s issues stem from frequent moves, multiple deployments, parental deaths and injuries. As a result, to the psychological distress children are at a disadvantage than their counterparts. Notable observations that have been seen in military children were, changes seen in academic performances, aggressive …show more content…
Verhoeven describes qualitative research as having nothing to do with numbers and more to do with exploring the background of information. The qualitative research method will be used as a descriptive method of research that will employ data collection methods to pick out how military family members, especially spouses, perceive situational challenges. Their perceptions are what will give this type of research its holistic form (Verhoeven, 2011, pp. 135-136).
Research Design
The phenomenological research design will be used to gain insight and understanding about the perceptions that military families have. Phenomenological designs have been commonly used to examine human experiences which are also known as lived experiences, provided by the descriptions of research participants. The goal of using this research design is to find meanings for each participant as they are asked to describe their own experiences, in which they perceive them. The data drawn from each participant will then be formulated into themes or patterns.
Data Collection Instrument and