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The mental health of military wives has a vital effect on the service retention of their military husbands. This descriptive-correlational study identified the influence of marital satisfaction and coping strategies on stress levels among military-dependent wives. The respondents’ marital satisfaction is moderate, their coping strategy is moderately high, and their stress level is moderately low. Marital satisfaction is moderately negatively related to stress levels. Problem-focused coping strategies are also moderately negative related to stress but, emotional-focused is strongly correlated negatively to stress. Coping strategy dimensions and intimacy predict the overall stress level. There is no significant difference in the stress level of the military-dependent wives when age, deployment, and length of being military wives are compared. This study concluded that marital satisfaction and coping strategies are associated with the level of stress among military-dependent wives. Thus, this study recommends that military wives must have good marital satisfaction and coping strategies for them to cope with stressful challenges in their lives as they continue to serve their families. Future studies could use mixed method design to have deep a understanding of the lives of military wives using an interview.

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