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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS R0xJHImq. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. We examined associations between parental military service and adolescent well-being. Methods. We used cross-sectional data from the 2008 Washington State Healthy Youth Survey collected in public school grades 8,10, and 12 (n=10606). We conducted multivariable logistic regression analyses to test associations between parental military service and adolescent well-being (quality of life, depressed mood, thoughts of suicide). Results. In 8th grade, parental deployment was associated with higher odds of reporting thoughts of suicide among adolescent girls (odds ratio [OR]=1.66 ; 95% confidence interval [CI]=1.19,2.32) and higher odds of low quality of life (OR=2.10 ; 95% CI=1.43,3.10) and thoughts of suicide (OR=1.75 ; 95% CI=1.15,2.67) among adolescent boys. In 10th and 12th grades, parental deployment was associated with higher odds of reporting low quality of life (OR=2.74 ; 95% CI=1.79,4.20), depressed mood (OR=1.50 ; 95% CI=1.02,2.20), and thoughts of suicide (OR=1.64 ; 95% CI=1.13,2.38) among adolescent boys. Conclusions. Parental military deployment is associated with increased odds of impaired well-being among adolescents, especially adolescent boys. Military, school-based, and public health professionals have a unique opportunity to develop school-and community-based interventions to improve the well-being of adolescents in military families.
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