Exam 1: Families Coping With Change: A Conceptual Overview

The Smiths have always been protective over their children. They adhered to strict rules and schedules for all their children regardless of age. As Mica turned 15, she began to challenge rules (staying out later than she was allowed and arguing nonstop with her parents). The most difficult event that happened was that Mica lied to her parents about staying over at her best friend's house and instead went to a party where she got drunk and was taken to the police station when the party was raided. The family began therapy, which resulted in the Smiths negotiating additional responsibilities and freedoms for Mica and learning new parenting skills for teens. This best reflects ______.

In the late 17th century, Hooke used the word ______ in the context of physical science, although the usage was not common until the early 19th century.

Anything that alters some aspect of the system, such as the boundaries, structures, goals, processes, roles, or values, can produce stress.

Stressor events are inherently damaging to a family system.

James was deployed to Iraq and was reported missing in action. His parents have recently decided to separate, his youngest sister has been truant for a significant portion of the school year, and in general, their lives are challenging. James being reported as missing in action is an example of a(n)______.

Ms. Landau lost her job, the third within 2 years. She feels hopeless and discouraged and decides that she is just not employable. This is an example of which dimension of family stressor events?

Resilience is only a quality of families, not individuals.

A family can be called resilient when ______.

Coping is an active process that promotes balance and facilitates growth and unity.

Adaptation is a short-term response or modification by a family that changes the situation only momentarily.

What is the main idea of the ABC-X model?

Angela is scheduled to come home from serious abdominal surgery in a week. Although Harriet is very worried about her partner and about how she will manage once she is home, she sets out to find home health care support and meets with the nurse to learn how to care for the wound. What type of coping response is this?

______ is defined as a disturbance in the equilibrium that is overwhelming, a severe pressure, or a change that immobilizes the family.

What kind of stressor is exemplified by the birth or death of a family member, retirement, or a child entering school for the first time?

In the context of ______, a family's response to a stressor event is influenced by living in a particular historical period, its cultural identification, the economic conditions of society, the genetic stamina and resistance of family members, and its stage in the family life cycle.

Family roles are ______ than in the past, leading to fewer social norms and a lack of support.

According to systems theory, ______ is not inherently bad, it merely describes a change in the family's steady state.

How do current theories of family stress compare to initial theories of family stress?

Compare and contrast the ABC-X model and the ecological approach to the study of family stress.

Dr. Green studies stress by conceptualizing the family as a unit populated with living organisms that possess both symbolic and real structures. Dr. Green is using the ______ perspective.