Deck 19: Interventions With the Family System

Question 1

What is the role of the family in health?

A) Manage the expenses for healthcare
B) Shape expectations for health outcomes
C) Direct when to see a healthcare provider
D) Decide which health problems need treatment

Answer 1

B

Question 2

How does family support differ from social support?

A) Social support is emotionally more intense
B) Social support requires coordination of roles
C) Family support relationships persist over time
D) Family support involves low levels of intimacy

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which theory considers the family as a unit of interest and a target for behavior change?

A) Microcosm theory
B) Health Belief Theory
C) Family systems theory
D) Social Ecological Theory

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which is a key principle of the systems theory?

A) Conflict
B) Independence
C) Mutual respect
D) Nonsummativity

Question 5

Which is a characteristic of a family-focused intervention?

A) Only family members are participants
B) The person with the condition is the participant
C) Dyadic health behaviors are the target for change
D) The person with the condition and family members are participants

Question 6

What is considered the gold standard in family-level interventions?

A) All family members participate
B) The individual participates alone
C) The individual targets one family member to participate
D) All but the individual requiring behavior change participate

Question 7

Which is a component of the self- and family management framework?

A) Feedback
B) Nonsummativity
C) Facilitators and barriers
D) Interdependence and mutual influence

Question 8

Which component of the self- and family management framework influences distal outcomes?

A) Feedback
B) Processes
C) Proximal outcomes
D) Facilitators and barriers

Question 9

Which is a characteristic of the parent and family factors framework?

A) Includes personal/lifestyle factors and health status
B) Takes age and developmental status into consideration
C) Considers the type of chronic illness being experienced
D) Focuses on resources, environment, and healthcare systems

Question 10

Which is an example of an intervention based on the parent and family factors framework?

A) Pain management
B) Adherence to medication therapy
C) Changing adverse lifestyle activities
D) Encouraging self-management of a chronic illness

Question 11

Who are the participants within the therapeutic triangle in healthcare?

A) Patient, family, healthcare provider
B) Patient, community, social supports
C) Family, employers, government agencies
D) Family, community, government agencies

Question 12

Which is a dimension addressed within the family systems-illness model?

A) Environment
B) Coping skills
C) Education level
D) Socioeconomic status

Question 13

Which is an assumption of the actor-partner interdependence model?

A) An individual is supported to make a health behavior change by the presence of a partner
B) A partner keeps the individual on track and provides encouragement to maintain the health behavior change
C) The paths for both the individual and partner intersect so that one health behavior will not be repeated by the other
D) An individual's success with health behavior change is facilitated or challenged by the partner's ability to make the same change

Question 14

Which assumption is accommodated and quantified by the Common Fate Model?

A) Feedback
B) Independence
C) Interdependence
D) Conflict management

Question 15

Which is a limitation of a family intervention?

A) Trust
B) Access to technology
C) Inadvertent creation of a selection bias
D) Consistency with implementing the intervention