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Military Families' Health and Well-Being

A Socioecological Model of Risks

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Authors:
  1. Janja Vuga Beršnak

    1. Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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  2. Jelena Juvan

    1. Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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  3. Živa Humer

    1. Peace Institute- Institute for Contempor, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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  4. Andreja Živoder

    1. Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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  5. Ljubica Jelušič

    1. Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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  6. Alenka Švab

    1. Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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  7. Bojana Lobe

    1. Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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  • Provides insight into Slovenian military families that will be of interest to scholars of military family and well-being
  • Authored by a multidisciplinary team of researchers including sociologists, psychologists, and methodologists
  • Encompasses data from 800+ surveys and 40+ interviews with service members, spouses, and civilians

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction

    • Janja Vuga Beršnak, Jelena Juvan, Živa Humer, Andreja Živoder, Ljubica Jelušič, Alenka Švab et al.
    Pages 1-7

  3. Social Changes in Family Life in the Last Few Decades

    • Janja Vuga Beršnak, Jelena Juvan, Živa Humer, Andreja Živoder, Ljubica Jelušič, Alenka Švab et al.
    Pages 9-21

  4. The Broader Social Context Affecting Military Family Health Outcomes

    • Janja Vuga Beršnak, Jelena Juvan, Živa Humer, Andreja Živoder, Ljubica Jelušič, Alenka Švab et al.
    Pages 23-42

  5. Theoretical Model of Military-Specific Risk or Protective Factors for Military Family Health Outcomes

    • Janja Vuga Beršnak, Jelena Juvan, Živa Humer, Andreja Živoder, Ljubica Jelušič, Alenka Švab et al.
    Pages 43-55

  6. Health Outcomes in Military Families

    • Janja Vuga Beršnak, Jelena Juvan, Živa Humer, Andreja Živoder, Ljubica Jelušič, Alenka Švab et al.
    Pages 57-155

  7. Risks for the Health of the Military Family Compared to the Civilian One: Regression Analysis

    • Janja Vuga Beršnak, Jelena Juvan, Živa Humer, Andreja Živoder, Ljubica Jelušič, Alenka Švab et al.
    Pages 157-170

  8. Discussion: Impact of Military-Specific Risk/Protective Factors on the Military Family’s Health Outcomes

    • Janja Vuga Beršnak, Jelena Juvan, Živa Humer, Andreja Živoder, Ljubica Jelušič, Alenka Švab et al.
    Pages 171-191

  9. Conclusion: Selected Measures Suggested by the Research Team

    • Janja Vuga Beršnak, Jelena Juvan, Živa Humer, Andreja Živoder, Ljubica Jelušič, Alenka Švab et al.
    Pages 193-197

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 199-203
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About this book

This book examines military families' well-being and health outcomes by providing a critical theoretical perspective on their position and the risks and challenges affecting them. Authors explore the tension between demands made by two greedy institutions—the military and the family—and how the well-being of families is negotiated between the two. Uniquely, the book employs an integrative approach to observing and analyzing military-specific risk and protective factors for health outcomes of military families on various social-ecological levels, including relationship satisfaction and dissatisfaction, intimate partnership violence, parent-child relationships, child well-being, psychoactive substance abuse, depression, and PTSD. Throughout the chapters, the authors analyze research findings that reveal new health outcomes and present an empirically-tested model of military-specific risk and protective factors. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Janja Vuga Beršnak, Jelena Juvan, Andreja Živoder, Ljubica Jelušič, Alenka Švab, Bojana Lobe

  • Peace Institute- Institute for Contempor, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Živa Humer

About the authors

​Janja Vuga Beršnak is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences at University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Her research interests include peace operations, military sociology (family, gender, children, and motivation), and crisis management. 

Jelena Juvan is Assistant Professor in the Defense Research Centre in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. 


Živa Humer is Research Fellow at the Peace Institute at the Institue for Contemporary Social and Political Studies in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Her research interests include gender equality policy in Slovenia and the European Union, family and social politics, work-life balance issues, and men and gender equality. 



Andreja Živoder is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Researcher for the Centre of Social Psychology at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. She is engaged in research studies on everyday life, life course, youth studies, and social topics in the field of health.


Ljubica Jelušič is Professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Her research interests include contemporary armed conflicts, international operations and missions, military sociology, military families support programs, and conversion of military capabilities. 

Alenka Švab is Professor of Sociology in the Faculty of Social Sciences at University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Her research interests include families and family policy, everyday life, life courses, and social aspects of sexuality, intimacy, and body. 




Bojana Lobe is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences at University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Her research interests include online qualitative research methods, mixed methods methods and multimethod designs, qualitative comparative analysis, children's experiences, and digital technologies. 

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