Deck 6: Parents and Family: At-Risk Factors for Substance Abuse

Question 1

Abandonment depression, as defined by Masterson, is an affective (feeling) disorder with six key elements one of which is

A) Feeling secure
B) Bonding with parents
C) Panic
D) Grandiosity

Answer 1

Panic

Question 2

Identify the true statement about people suffering from abandonment depression.

A) They have a great capacity for empathy
B) They have a clear concept of reality
C) They experience little difficulty in establishing intimacy in relationships
D) They have a limited capacity for spontaneity

Answer 2

They have a limited capacity for spontaneity

Question 3

Marie Fossum and Marilyn Mason defined shame as

A) A feeling of guilt for doing something unethical
B) A feeling of short-term embarrassment in a private domain
C) A poor decision that leads to embarrassment
D) The self looking in on itself and finding the self lacking or flawed

Answer 3

The self looking in on itself and finding the self lacking or flawed

Question 4

Which of the following affect-shame binds results in rage?

A) Guilt + shame
B) Paronoia + shame
C) Empathy + shame
D) Anger + shame

Question 5

According to this chapter, which of the following happens when shame is attached to a feeling?

A) The feeling is escalated
B) The feeling is immediately extinguished
C) The feeling is discounted
D) The person experiencing the shame becomes completely paranoid

Question 6

Which of the following is a characteristic of a shameful experience?

A) Feeling helpless, powerless, with no way out
B) Experiencing self-actualization
C) Having complete faith in the ability to perceive things properly
D) Making decisions without any self-doubt

Question 7

According to Carol Kempher, which of the following factors contributes to parental imbalance?

A) Lack of knowledge of parenting
B) Poor bonding
C) Inappropriate discipling techniques
D) All of these are correct

Question 8

Which of the following is one of the major forms of boundary inadequacy according to Coleman and Colgan?

A) Flexible
B) Overly rigid
C) Decisive
D) Extended

Question 9

Boss and Greenberg (1984) use the term _____ for confusion in family members/perceptions of who is in and out of the family and who is performing various family roles and tasks.

A) Clustering
B) Boundary ambiguity
C) Individuation
D) Triangulation

Question 10

Haley defined _______ as at least two adults involved in an offspring's problem where the parent-child dyad is pitted against a more peripheral parent or stepparent.

A) Flexibility
B) Individuation
C) Triangulation
D) Enmeshment

Question 11

In the context of family system variables as described by Barnes, _____ is the family members' ability to alter family roles and rituals in response to situational stress.

A) Cohesion
B) Flexibility
C) Triangulation
D) Competence

Question 12

In the context of family system variables as described by Barnes, _____ is defined as the emotional bonding of family members toward each other.

A) Competence
B) Cohesion
C) Flexibility
D) Triangulation

Question 13

According to this chapter, which of the following is an obstacle to reaching parents and family when attempting to get adolescents into counseling for drug problems?

A) Distrust of the system
B) Fear of being labeled
C) Skepticism
D) All of these are correct

Question 14

The ultimate goal of teaching compassion is to

A) Reiterate that within-group differences matter more than between-group differences
B) Help establish safety ad trust in relationships
C) Ensure that words speak louder than actions
D) Learn that race and ethnicity are the same