Christin M Ogle, Jing Zhou, Joscelyn E Fisher, Pablo A Aliaga, Valija C Rose, William J Huleatt, Kathleen H Chiarantona, James A Naifeh, Holly B Herberman Mash, Carol S Fullerton, Robert J Ursano, Stephen J Cozza
OBJECTIVE: This report presents an overview of the objectives, design, and analytic strategy of the Child Maltreatment in Military Families Life Course Study , an investigation of factors associated with child maltreatment in active duty military families. METHOD: The study uses a case-control retrospective research design and discrete-time survival methodology to examine service member demographic characteristics, family characteristics, military-related characteristics, and military family life events associated with child maltreatment incidents that meet the Department of Defense definition of child abuse or neglect...
February 2, 2024: Psychiatry