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，对其情感健康和福祉有着独特的关注。虽然对军事人员及其健康结果进行了大量研究，但对这些人员的子女的研究兴趣相对较少。对这一人群的研究有助于了解为促进身心健康的潜在干预措施提供信息的独特因素和经验。社会关系的变化如何与儿童环境中的不良事件相关。本博士课程包括三项研究。首先，一项可行性研究，以了解社会网络（SN）数据收集工具如何用于服役军人家庭的青少年儿童的任何障碍。其次，一项为期18个月的纵向研究调查了参与者的社会网络、情绪健康和幸福感的变化。最后，通过混合方法整合研究，对SN数据收集工具的使用情况和效果进行综合评价。调查结果将分发给学术界、公众和组织的听众。这一跨学科研究项目将有利于以这一人口为重点的组织机构（如慈善机构、学校），并将为制定方法，向军事人员子女灌输更大的适应能力奠定基础。

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.