TY - JOUR
T1 - Supporting Military Family Resilience at the Transition to Parenthood
T2 - A Randomized Pilot Trial of an Online Version of Family Foundations
AU - Feinberg, Mark E.
AU - Boring, Jesse
AU - Le, Yunying
AU - Hostetler, Michelle L.
AU - Karre, Jennifer
AU - Irvin, Jamie
AU - Jones, Damon E.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded by grants from the National Institute of Child Health and Development (HD072394), Mark Feinberg, principal investigator. Mark Feinberg created the Family Foundations program and is the owner of a private company, Family Gold, which disseminates the Family Foundations program. His financial interest has been reviewed by the Institutional Review Board and the Conflict of Interest Committee at The Pennsylvania State University.
Funding Information:
This study was funded by grants from the National Institute of Child Health and Development (HD072394), Mark Feinberg, principal investigator. Mark Feinberg created the Family Foundations program and is the owner of a private company, Family Gold, which disseminates the Family Foundations program. His financial interest has been reviewed by the Institutional Review Board and the Conflict of Interest Committee at The Pennsylvania State University.
PY - 2020/2/1
Y1 - 2020/2/1
N2 - Objective: This article examines whether family resilience can be enhanced among military families via an online prevention program for military couples at the transition to parenthood. Background: Military families experience normative stressors similar to those of civilian families, as well as military-specific stressors, such as deployment, frequent moves, and uncertainty. Method: Participants were 56 heterosexual couples who, at the time of recruitment, were expecting their first child and were living together (regardless of marital status). Mothers and fathers completed measures online: Pretest was administered upon recruitment during pregnancy, and posttest was administered at 6 months postpartum. After pretest, couples were randomized to control and intervention conditions; intervention couples were provided access to the online version of Family Foundations. Results: Although outcomes require replication given the sample size and issues with attrition, results indicated significant program impact, with moderate to strong effect sizes, on parent depression, mothers' report of coparenting support, and infant mood and soothability. Conclusion: These results suggest online delivery of prevention programming is a potentially effective means of enhancing military family well-being—and thus resilience. Implications: Low-cost and effective support for military families is possible via online modalities.
AB - Objective: This article examines whether family resilience can be enhanced among military families via an online prevention program for military couples at the transition to parenthood. Background: Military families experience normative stressors similar to those of civilian families, as well as military-specific stressors, such as deployment, frequent moves, and uncertainty. Method: Participants were 56 heterosexual couples who, at the time of recruitment, were expecting their first child and were living together (regardless of marital status). Mothers and fathers completed measures online: Pretest was administered upon recruitment during pregnancy, and posttest was administered at 6 months postpartum. After pretest, couples were randomized to control and intervention conditions; intervention couples were provided access to the online version of Family Foundations. Results: Although outcomes require replication given the sample size and issues with attrition, results indicated significant program impact, with moderate to strong effect sizes, on parent depression, mothers' report of coparenting support, and infant mood and soothability. Conclusion: These results suggest online delivery of prevention programming is a potentially effective means of enhancing military family well-being—and thus resilience. Implications: Low-cost and effective support for military families is possible via online modalities.
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U2 - 10.1111/fare.12415
DO - 10.1111/fare.12415
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85076349234
SN - 0197-6664
VL - 69
SP - 109
EP - 124
JO - Family Relations
JF - Family Relations
IS - 1
ER -