The contextual factors and individual responses to the labeling of military-connected adolescents as "being in a military family" is an understudied yet important phenomenon. Minimal research construes the experience of being in a military family as a label applied to military-connected populations by people in society. However, social environmental factors associated with school setting among military-connected adolescents being in a military family have common components to the process of self-labeling. This article seeks to explore the concept and application of self-labeling by (a) providing a literature review of self-labeling among military-connected adolescents and (b) relying on modified labeling theory to identify any consistencies or potential nuances. The analysis of the process is strictly hypothetical, but could help to account for widely varying responses, sequence of events, and underlying reasons for the behaviors among some military-connected adolescents identified in the literature review and in light of the U.S. protracted military involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. Authors conclude by highlighting the need for future research to assess the adequacy of this self-labeling framework to ensure the healthy development of military-connected youths.

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自我标记方法在公立学校中与军事相关的青少年中的应用。

将军事联系的青少年标记为“在一个军事家庭中”的上下文因素和个人反应是一个被忽视但重要的现象。最少的研究就证明了身为军人家庭的经历是社会上人们应用于与军事有联系的人群的标签。然而，与一个军人家庭有军事联系的青少年中的学校环境相关的社会环境因素是自我标记过程的共同组成部分。本文旨在通过以下方式探索自我标记的概念和应用：（a）对与军事有关联的青少年进行自我标记的文献综述，以及（b）依靠改进的标记理论来识别任何一致性或潜在细微差别。对该过程的分析严格是假设性的，但是，这可能有助于解释文献综述中指出的，鉴于美国长期驻扎在伊拉克和阿富汗的军事行动，导致一些与军事有联系的青少年之间的反应，事件的顺序以及行为的根本原因之间存在很大差异。作者最后强调指出，有必要进行进一步的研究以评估这种自我标记框架的适当性，以确保与军事相关的年轻人的健康成长。