Exam 13: Family Stress Crisis and Resilience

Once a crisis hits bottom, things often begin to improve.

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

The term crisis comes from the Greek for

According to estimates by the American Psychiatric Association, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)has been diagnosed in ____ percent of U.S. school children.

__________ includes not just the stressor but also previously existing family strains and future hardships induced by the stressor event.

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

Trying to counsel and help a family who was living in New York on September 11, 2001, and who still struggle with the resulting trauma illustrates which theoretical perspective?

Characteristically, stressor overload

Ambiguous loss may occur when a family member is physically present but psychologically absent, as in all BUT which of the following cases?

Which sociologist proposed the ABC-X family crisis model?

Which theoretical perspective views family crisis as threatening to the family's ability to perform essential functions for society?

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

What are crisis-meeting resources ? Give at least two examples.

The text categorizes a family's crisis-meeting resources into three types. Which of the following is NOT one of these?

Identify and briefly discuss different types of stressors (as discussed in the text).

The likelihood of death in our society influences how we define a death in the family.

When adjustments are not easy to come by, family stress can lead to a __________.

After families reorganize following a crisis, the text cites three possible scenarios. Which of the following is NOT one of these?

A(n)__________ is a precipitating event that creates stress.

At the __________, or low point, of family disorganization, conflicts may develop over how the situation should be handled.