Exam 4: Working With Single-Parent and Blended Families

A large and rapidly growing segment of the population is

Single-parent families tend to be more _____ than most family types.

In working with blended families, therapists should

Children of divorce are _____ to divorce than others.

The structure of most blended families initially includes

Most people who divorce eventually remarry.

In the _____, families created by divorce began to exceed those created by death.

Families that are created as a result of the death of a parent may experience three developmental stages: mourning, readujstment, and renewal and accomplishment.

Families that experience the temporary absence of a parent due to military deployment or other temporary circumstances are not considered to be "single-parent families."

Healthy adjustment of children is strongly correlated with

In blended families, there are no accepted social roles for stepparents.

To help kids through the divorce process, it can be helpful to:

A major challenge for children in blended families is:

A formerly married person's ex-spouse, the ex-spouse's new husband or wife, and his or her blood kin are called ______.

_____ can help blended families understand the differences between blended family and non-blended family systems and provide guidelines for handling typical situations.

Bibliotherapy is a helpful means of working with single-parent families.

Parentification of children can occur if families are enmeshed or do not successfully adjust to the new hierarchy following a family break-up.

Questions such as "Who are the real members of my family?" "What space is mine?" or "Where do I really belong?" are examples of what kind of challenges in blended families?

Establishing a blended family

An important step in developing new relationships in blended families is