Exam 2: Everyday Hassles and Family Relationships

Even though men are spending more time on household chores, women still do twice the amount of housework as their male partners.

What was Karney and Bradbury's (1995) vulnerability-stress-adaptation (VSA) model originally designed for?

Everyday hassles can have a large cumulative impact on an individual's well-being.

What strategy is employed by low-income families to compensate for the inflexible work hours, low wages, and nonstandard shifts of working-poor parents?

One reason that everyday hassles are important to consider is that ______.

In Chapter 2, the authors ground their approach in feminism because ______.

How has research on everyday hassles evolved? Describe how feminist methodologies have advanced the field.

What is the relationship between age and the perception of hassles?

What can employers do in order to combat antiquated social policies that do not reflect the needs of modern families?

An important contribution of the vulnerability-stress-adaptation model is that it explains how stressful events can be linked to relational outcomes.

Relative to husbands, wives spend a greater percentage of time on occasional household tasks that require less time and regularity.

What term do the authors use to refer to the proximal stressors, strains, and transactions of day-to-day life, which could be viewed as common annoyances?

Bolger et al. (1989) found that on days when husbands experienced an argument at work with a coworker or supervisor, they were more likely to return home from work and ______.

Which statement accurately compares how men and women experience everyday hassles?

Women report experiencing everyday hassles ______.

Define what is meant by proximal stressors. Provide examples in your response. Why are these stressors important to consider in the study of family stress?

In a 2004 study, Schulz et al. found that wives in low-conflict marriages were less likely to withdraw at home following a stressful day than wives in high-conflict marriages. What do the authors suggest about why this occurs?

A single parent who suffers from depression just received a negative evaluation from work, her second in a row. She goes to pick up her preschooler and immediately gets into a power struggle over his snowsuit. This is an example of how ______ can interact with a parent's perception of daily hassles and affect how they adapt to them.

A 2015 study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project found that increased access to technology is related to ______.

Which syndrome, described by Selye (l978), describes the body's short- and long-term reaction to stress?