Lengthy military deployments increase divorce risk

Thursday, September 5, 2013 - 09:30 in Psychology & Sociology

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have been hard on military marriages, with the risk of divorce rising directly in relation to the length of time enlisted service members have been deployed to combat zones. The negative effects of deployment were largest among female military members, with women facing a greater chance of divorce than men under all the scenarios examined by researchers.

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