Coping and mental health differences among active duty service members and their spouses with high and low levels of marital warmth
- Lucier-Greer, M., Quichocho, D., Frye-Cox, N., Sherman, H., Burke, B., & Duncan, J. M. (2020). Coping and mental health differences among active duty service members and their spouses with high and low levels of marital warmth. Military Psychology, 32, 425-431. https://doi.org/10.1080/08995605.2020.1803724
- Situated within several stress-related theories (e.g., the ABC-X model of Family Stress), this study examined whether marital warmth helps to bolster military couples’ (N = 234 active-duty Service members and their civilian spouses) ability to cope with stressors (i.e., challenges coping with military life and self-efficacy when faced with stressors ) and alleviate their mental health symptoms (i.e., depressive and anxiety symptoms). The results suggest that Service members and spouses who reported higher levels of marital warmth tended to report fewer challenges coping with stressors and fewer mental health symptoms.
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