%0 Journal Article
%T ¡®It¡¯s nice to just be you¡¯: The influence of the employment experiences of UK military spouses during accompanied postings on well
%A Laura Goodwin
%A Nicola T Fear
%A Rachael Gribble
%A Sian Oram
%J Health Psychology Open
%@ 2055-1029
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/2055102919838909
%X Repeated military relocations (accompanied postings) can have a detrimental effect on employment and well-being among the spouses and partners of military personnel. Semi-structured telephone interviews were conducted with 19 spouses of British Army/Royal Air Force personnel with recent experience of accompanied postings to explore this issue through the lens of self-determination theory; all were married women with at least one child. Participants explained how employment contributed to an independent identity, enabling social connectedness, providing a sense of self-confidence and value but limiting agency over employment decisions. Spouse employment, and therefore, well-being could be improved by the provision of better childcare access or additional support in finding employment and training opportunities
%K health and well-being
%K military spouses
%K occupational health
%K qualitative methods
%K women¡¯s employment
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2055102919838909