Michelle Acker

Biographic Data

ID4226775
NAMEMichelle Acker
GIVEN NAMESMichelle
FAMILY NAMEAcker
SIGNATUREACKER M
AFFILIATIONSBoston University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS17
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2010
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX2

  • Qualitative examination of homecoming experiences among active-duty military fathers during reintegration

    Open AccessAbby E Blankenship, Alison L Drew et al.ARTICLEQualitative Social Work2024

    Active-duty military fathers are frequently away from their families throughout their military career and are faced with readjusting to family and garrison life after each separation. For fathers of very young children, reintegration can have unique challenges due to the tremendous developmental progression occurring in early childhood and the impact of lengthy deployment separations. While much of the research on military families focuses on ext…

  • Mothering very young children after wartime deployment

    Open AccessMichelle Acker, Michelle L Acker et al.ARTICLEInfant Mental Health Journal2020References: 54

    Parenting very young children in the context of military service, deployment separations, and war‐related trauma can be challenging for many families. Female active duty personnel represent one of the fastest growing segments of the military, and recent policy changes have led women to pursue serving in combat positions at much higher rates. While not much is known about service member mothers, some studies have shown that they experience signifi…

  • Coparenting across the Deployment Cycle

    Open AccessEllen R Devoe, Abigail M Ro et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Issues2020Cited by: 1References: 29

    Contemporary service members and their partners have adapted their coparenting to respond to the specific transitions and disruptions associated with wartime deployment cycles and evolving child development. This qualitative study draws upon interviews with service member and home front parents of very young children to characterize their coparenting experiences throughout the deployment cycle. Parents described varied approaches as they consider…

  • A randomized clinical trial of a postdeployment parenting intervention for service members and their families with very young children

    Open AccessEllen R Devoe, Ruth Paris et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2016

    Service member parents and their spouses demonstrated high interest in participating in a postdeployment parenting program targeting families with very young children. Findings point to the feasibility, appeal, and efficacy of Strong Families in this initial trial and suggest promise for implementation in broader military and community service systems. (PsycINFO Database Record

  • Implementation and Sustainability of Child‐parent Psychotherapy

    Open AccessCarmen Rosa Noroña, Michelle Acker et al.ARTICLEInfant Mental Health Journal2016Cited by: 4References: 14

    Recent implementation science in mental health has focused on identifying the most effective strategies to disseminate and implement evidence‐based treatments (EBTs) into real‐world practice settings. The learning collaborative training methodology and its use of expert trainers/consultants have become increasingly popular as one of these approaches. Moreover, there is preliminary evidence that ongoing expert consultation may increase the adoptio…

  • When a parent goes to war

    Ruth Paris, Ellen R Devoe et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Orthopsychiatry2010Cited by: 12References: 50

    Young children (birth through 5 years of age) are disproportionately represented in U.S. military families with a deployed parent. Because of their developmental capacity to deal with prolonged separation, young children can be especially vulnerable to stressors of parental deployment. Despite the resiliency of many military families, this type of separation can constitute a developmental crisis for a young child. Thus, the experience may comprom…