TY - JOUR
T1 - The Milspouse Battle Rhythm
T2 - Communicating Resilience Throughout the Deployment Cycle
AU - Villagran, Melinda
AU - Canzona, Mollie Rose
AU - Ledford, Christy J.W.
PY - 2013/11
Y1 - 2013/11
N2 - Military spouses (milspouses) enact resilience through communication before, during, and after military deployments. Based on an organizing framework of resilience processes (Buzzanell, 2010), this study examined milspouses' communicative construction of resilience during an increasingly rapid military deployment cycle. Narratives from in-depth interviews with military spouses (n = 24) revealed how resilience is achieved through communication seeking to reconcile the often contradictory realities of milspouses who endure physical, psychological, and social difficulties due to prolonged separations from their partners.
AB - Military spouses (milspouses) enact resilience through communication before, during, and after military deployments. Based on an organizing framework of resilience processes (Buzzanell, 2010), this study examined milspouses' communicative construction of resilience during an increasingly rapid military deployment cycle. Narratives from in-depth interviews with military spouses (n = 24) revealed how resilience is achieved through communication seeking to reconcile the often contradictory realities of milspouses who endure physical, psychological, and social difficulties due to prolonged separations from their partners.
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U2 - 10.1080/10410236.2013.800441
DO - 10.1080/10410236.2013.800441
M3 - Article
C2 - 24134159
AN - SCOPUS:84887126650
SN - 1041-0236
VL - 28
SP - 778
EP - 788
JO - Health Communication
JF - Health Communication
IS - 8
ER -