Sources of variability in remote communication between deployed military fathers and their children
- Friedman, S. L., Sigelman, C. K., & Gepty, A. A. (2024). Sources of variability in remote communication between deployed military fathers and their children. Parenting. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/15295192.2024.2416991
- This study examined factors associated with communication between fathers and their children during deployment. Deployed fathers and at-home mothers from 72 families reported the frequency and quality of communication (e.g., warm, supportive) between deployed fathers and their children. Parents also reported on factors that may influence their communication, such as external barriers, perceived stress, emotional intimacy in the couple relationship, child age, child internalizing and externalizing behaviors. External barriers, perceived stress, and emotional intimacy were averaged between parents and assessed as couple-level scores. While none of these factors were associated with the frequency of father-child communication, parental factors, namely stress and emotional intimacy, and child factors, including age and externalizing behaviors, were related to how fathers and mothers perceived the quality of father-child communication.
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