More specifically, the researchers found that children with an ambivalent attachment style exhibited anxiety following separation when the mother returned, going near the mother, but also exhibiting signs of anger by pushing her away (Ainsworth & Bell, 1970). Over 40 years ago, Ainsworth and Bell (1970) identified three primary types of attachment: secure, avoidant and ambivalent. Bowlby (1969) asserted that an accumulation of early attachment experiences create expectations for future relationships. This study focuses specifically on wives of male soldiers, and applies Bowlby’s and Ainsworth’s attachment theories (Ainsworth & Bell, 1970 Bowlby, 1969) to military wives’ post-deployment experiences. Specifically, stay-behind wives may have both positive and negative experiences in response to prolonged separation from their husbands (Barker & Berry, 2009 Demers, 2008 Morse, 2006). The couple’s relationship may play an intricate role in identifying effects that a deployment could have on a stay-behind wife. According to Demers (2008), deployments affected both the soldier and the stay-behind wife (over 56% of the soldiers reported being married according to the Department of Defense, 2012). government sent 2.4 million soldiers to Iraq and Afghanistan (U.S. Keywords: post-deployment, attachment, military wives, separation anxiety, deploymentīetween 20, the U.S. Implications for counselors and researchers are addressed.
As deployments increased in duration, specifically to longer than 6 months, the levels of psychological distress significantly increased. A linear regression analysis produced a significant positive relationship between duration of deployment and the wife’s psychological distress during the post-deployment period. Purposive/volunteer sampling was used to survey 57 military wives currently experiencing the post-deployment period.
The authors examined Bowlby’s and Ainsworth’s attachment theories, specifically separation anxiety occurrence as experienced by stay-behind wives during their husbands’ post-deployment period. Furthermore, research has indicated the need to further understand the different deployment stages, specifically the post-deployment period. Past research has indicated the negative and positive impacts of deployment on military wives. Vincenzes, Laura Haddock, Gregory Hickman
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