Bereaved Military Families: Relationships and Identity

Figures & data

Table 1. Participant characteristics from phase one and phase two.

	Phase one (n)	Phase two (n)
Gender
Female	13	211
Male	2	6
Missing data		6
Relationship to deceased
Spouse/partner	11	199
Child	1	13
Parent	3	3
Missing data		8

Table 2. Development of themes from phase one and phase two.

Phase one	Phase two	Emergent theme
Family dynamics/issues	Relationships with friends and family	Family dynamics
Changing friendships	Relationships with friends and family	Changing friendships
Long term impact on children/notifying children	Children	Impact on children
Cultural context	Relationship with military	“Military family”
Relationship with padre & religion/Padre	Relationship with faith	Relationship with faith
Loneliness	Loneliness	Loneliness
Widow identity/Role of mother	Identity	Identity reconstruction

Data availability statement

Due to the nature of this research, participants of this study did not agree for their data to be shared publicly, so supporting data is not available.