Exam 14: Family Stress, Crisis, and Resilience

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

Characteristically, stressor overload __________.

Dealing with the experience of a family who is trying to adjust to sending the youngest child off to college illustrates which theoretical perspective?

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.

Sociologist Pauline Boss has this to say about family stress, "Perhaps the first thing to realize about stress is that it's not always a bad thing to have in families . . . Stress means __________."

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

Only situations that we think of as bad are capable of creating stress in our families.

Trace the course of a family crisis.

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

There is a lack of bereavement display and support rituals (including the omission of a funeral) for families who are suffering from __________.

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

Which sociologist proposed the ABC-X family crisis model?

According to the text, job loss, unwanted pregnancy, poverty, homelessness, having one's child placed in foster care, juvenile delinquency or criminal prosecution, scandal, family violence, mental illness, alcoholism and drug abuse, suicide, and being the brunt of racist treatment are all examples of

The term crisis comes from the Greek for

When a family member becomes addicted to alcohol, the entire family system is affected. Which theoretical perspective views a family as such?

Based on the text's discussion, write an essay in response to the question, "What precipitates a family crisis?"

Which of the following is NOT cited in the text as a type of stressor?

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

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

Families whose members choose to be __________ in roles and leadership meet crises creatively.