Distress Levels among Parents of Active Duty Soldiers during Wartime

[摘要] Objective: Military service is a highly stressful period both for the soldiers serving and for their parents. Surprisingly, parents’ experience has been mostly ignored in the research. This study’s goal is to shed light on the experience and distress levels of parents of active duty combat soldiers during Operation Protective Edge, a military operation carried out by the Israel Defense Forces during July and August of 2014.

[学科分类] 心理学（综合）

[关键词] military families;parents;Israeli army;Operation Protective Edge