TY - JOUR
T1 - Families transition, too! Military families transition out of service
T2 - a scoping review of research from the Five Eyes nations
AU - Dodge, Jessica
AU - Kale, Caroline
AU - Keeling, Mary
AU - Gribble, Rachael
AU - Taylor-Beirne, Sean
AU - Maher, Stephen
AU - Castro, Carl
AU - Fear, Nicola T.
AU - Sullivan, Kathrine
N1 - Funding Information:
This review was conducted without funding as a part of an early-career PhD military research international collaboration between the University of Southern California Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work and King’s College London.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - There is minimal research about the military-to-civilian transition (MCT) from the perspective of the family. The goal of this scoping review was to identify what is known about military families across the Five Eyes Nations (FVEY) (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States) during this phase as well as identify gaps in the evidence base. Scoping review methods were employed with a narrative review process to conceptualize and organize results. The initial search returned 2,219 sources. From these, 27 sources about military family experiences during MCT were identified. Overall, there was limited research on this topic with the majority of sources being from gray literature. A contributing factor to this lack of literature could be the conflation of the MCT with other military transitions (i.e. deployments). Sources highlighted four major themes that influenced identified needs and current services for military families during MCT: (1) mental health; (2) barriers to care; (3) financial needs; and (4) targeted transition support. The limited literature documents promising family skills-based interventions during MCT. However, there is a need for more empirical research on existing family-based interventions and experiences and needs of the family as a unit during MCT.
AB - There is minimal research about the military-to-civilian transition (MCT) from the perspective of the family. The goal of this scoping review was to identify what is known about military families across the Five Eyes Nations (FVEY) (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States) during this phase as well as identify gaps in the evidence base. Scoping review methods were employed with a narrative review process to conceptualize and organize results. The initial search returned 2,219 sources. From these, 27 sources about military family experiences during MCT were identified. Overall, there was limited research on this topic with the majority of sources being from gray literature. A contributing factor to this lack of literature could be the conflation of the MCT with other military transitions (i.e. deployments). Sources highlighted four major themes that influenced identified needs and current services for military families during MCT: (1) mental health; (2) barriers to care; (3) financial needs; and (4) targeted transition support. The limited literature documents promising family skills-based interventions during MCT. However, there is a need for more empirical research on existing family-based interventions and experiences and needs of the family as a unit during MCT.
KW - Family interventions
KW - Military-to civilian transition
KW - five eyes nations
KW - high risk families
KW - military families
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U2 - 10.1080/10522158.2023.2167896
DO - 10.1080/10522158.2023.2167896
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85149418114
SN - 1052-2158
VL - 25
SP - 128
EP - 152
JO - Journal of Family Social Work
JF - Journal of Family Social Work
IS - 4-5
ER -