Divorce and family support services : problems and prospects for the U.S. Navy
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Authors
Wallace, Elizabeth A.
Rose, Kenneth C.
Subjects
counseling
Divorce
family
Family Service Centers
Marriage
Quality of Life Issues
Remarriage
Retention
Support
Divorce
family
Family Service Centers
Marriage
Quality of Life Issues
Remarriage
Retention
Support
Advisors
Mehay, Stephen L.
Eitelberg, Mark J.
Date of Issue
1991-03
Date
1991 Mar
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
This thesis examines marriage and divorce rates for Navy personnel and compares those rates with all military personnel and with the general U.S. population. In addition, it: provides a qualitative evaluation of counseling support services available to Navy people involved in divorce. Specifically, the thesis provides two important pieces of information: the relative frequency of marriage and divorce among Navy people, and a look at the effectiveness of the Navy's primary weapon to fight family dysfunction, the Family Service Center. Results indicate that Navy and military marriage rates are generally lower than overall civilian marriage rates, but two to three times higher among seventeen-to-twenty-year-olds; the divorce rates are lower for military men, but much higher for military women; and that the Family Service Center, while it is an effective method of addressing marital stress and family dysfunction in the Navy, can be improved.
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Thesis
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Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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Format
107 p.;28 cm.
Citation
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.