... imposition. The Stress Hypothesis: Do the Demands of Military Service Damage Marriages?Service members and their spouses agree that the strains of military service, and especially the demands of being ... with qualities of the marriage at the outset of military service, such as the length of the marriage and whether or not children were present prior to marriage. A history of childhood depression, ... examine closely the immediate source of most of their complaints, namely the quality of their communication and con-flict resolution (e.g., Raush et al., 1974; Weiss, Hops, and Patterson, 1973)....