Exploring the role of social ties for well-being in adolescent children from serving military families

现役军人的子女是处于独特心理社会条件下的小众群体，他们对自己的情绪健康和幸福有着独特的关切。虽然已经有大量关于军事人员及其健康结果的研究，但这些人员的子女受到的研究兴趣相对较少。对这一人群的研究有助于了解促进身心健康的潜在干预措施的独特因素和经验。社会关系的变化可能如何与儿童环境中的不良事件相关。这项拟议的博士学位包括三项研究。首先，一项可行性研究，以了解社交网络(SN)数据收集工具如何用于服务于军人家庭的青少年儿童的任何障碍。第二，一项为期18个月的纵向研究，调查参与者的社交网络、情绪健康和幸福感的变化。最后，对SN数据收集工具的使用情况和效果进行了混合方法的整合研究。调查结果将向学术界、公众和组织受众传播。这一跨学科研究项目将使侧重于这一群体的组织机构(如慈善机构、学校)受益，并将为制定向军人子女灌输更大复原力的方法奠定基础。

Children of active serving military personnel are a niche population under unique psychosocial conditions having unique concerns relating to their emotional health and well-being. While there has been vast research on military personnel and their health outcomes the children of said personnel have received relatively little research interest. Research on this population can help understand the unique factors and experiences that inform potential interventions to promote physical and psychological health. How changes in social relationships might relate to adverse events in the child's environment. This proposed PhD comprises three studies. First, a feasibility study to understand any barriers in how social network (SN) data collection tools can be used with adolescent children from serving military families. Second, an 18-month longitudinal study investigating the changes of the participants' social networks, emotional health, and well-being. And finally, a mixed method consolidation study to get overall opinion of the usage and efficacy of the SN data collection tools. The findings will be disseminated to academic, public and organization audiences. This interdisciplinary research project will benefit organizational bodies (e.g., charities, schools) focusing on this population, and will lay the foundation for developing methods to instil greater resilience in children of military personnel.