Kids Who Grow Up In Military Families During Wartime May Have An Increased Likelihood For Risky Behaviors

Kids Who Grow Up In Military Families During Wartime May Have An Increased Likelihood For Risky Behaviors.
The Wall Street Journal (8/18, A3, Hackman, Subscription Publication) reports that a study published online Aug. 17 in JAMA Pediatrics suggests that youngsters who grow up in military families during wartime may have an increased likelihood for risky behaviors.

The Stars And Stripes (DC) (8/18, Svan) reports that such children appear to be “more likely than their nonmilitary peers to abuse drugs and alcohol, get into fights or bring guns to school, among other risky forms of behavior.” For the study, researchers “mined data from nearly 689,000 middle and high school students who took the 2013 statewide California Healthy Kids Survey, including more than 54,000 who were part of military families.”

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— “Study: Military Children More Prone to Risky Behavior,” Michelle Hackman, Wall Street Journal, August 17, 2015.

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