Exam 13: Family Stress, Crisis, and Resilience

Which theoretical perspective views many causes of family stress as originating outside the family, such as in the family's neighborhood or workplace?

In the ABC-X family crisis model, "B" is the

Which theoretical perspective analyzes family transitions and sees a family as changing in predictable ways over time?

During the period of disorganization, family members face the decision of whether to express or to smother any __________ they may have.

are expected or predictable changes in the course of family life.

From the family systems perspective, ambiguous loss is uniquely difficult to deal with because it creates in a family.

Which theoretical perspective views the family as a living thing, with each component influencing all of the others?

Which of the following is NOT one of the factors mentioned in the text for meeting a crisis creatively?

Estimates are that more than children have parents who were in jail or prison.

Julie and John have a very close friend, Rafael, whom they have known since childhood. Julie and John refer affectionately to Rafael as "a member of the family." This illustrates the concept of kin.

In the face of a crisis, family members may be numbed by the new or sudden stress and, in a process of denial, go about their business as if the event had not occurred. Gradually, however, they begin to assimilate the reality of the crisis and to appraise the situation. Then, as the text points out, the period of sets in.

Scholars have investigated everyday stressors that are unique to certain professions. Which of the following type of family is subjected to unique stressors, such as repeated relocations that often include international sites, frequent separations of service members from families, and subsequent reorganizations of family life during reunions?

From the theoretical perspective, the way that a family defines, appraises, or interprets a crisis- precipitating event can, at times, have as much or more to do with members' ability to cope as with the character of the event itself.

The term crisis comes from the Greek for

After family members begin to assimilate the reality of a crisis and then to appraise the situation, the period of __________ sets in.

Family systems theorists point out that a family needs to know "who is in and who is outside the family."