Deck 9: Family Processes

Question 1

Which of the following explanations have been offered to account for the correlations between alcohol and domestic violence?

A)domestic violence related to alcohol abuse may be due to more attention to cues that instigate aggression.
B)Nonviolent and violent alcoholics may have different drinking patterns
C)Bing drinkers are more likely to be violent than nondrinkers
D)All of the above

Answer 1

D
All of the above

Question 2

Which of the following results were found based on a national longitudinal survey (Windle, 1997) of problem drinking in young adult women?

A)Problem-drinking women were twice as likely to be married to problem drinking husbands than were nondrinking women
B)Women with lifetime use of marijuana were twice as likely to have husbands who were problem drinkers
C)The overall problem drinking prevalence rate was only about 10% but would be higher if older samples were included
D)All of the above

Answer 2

D
All of the above

Question 3

A study of Australian women (Fleming et al., 1998) that reported sexual abuse found which of the following to be an additional factor related to adult alcohol problems?

A)family background
B)ethnicity
C)socioeconomic status
D)age

Answer 3

A
family background

Question 4

A study by Van Hesselt et al. comparing couples that had wife-abusive, martially discordant but nonabusive, and happily married relationships found the level of:

A)drinking by wives was not a predictor of the spousal abuse received
B)the husbands' drinking was directly related to greater spouse abuse
C)drinking by wives was a predictor of the spousal abuse received
D)both a & b

Question 5

Which of the following statements could be true regarding marital status and drinking?

A)married groups differ in their average age and young persons tend to drink more heavily
B)married groups differ in their average age and older persons tend to drink more heavily
C)the marriage effect remains even after controlling for age, gender, and socioeconomic status
D)both a & c

Question 6

Consistent with clinical samples, national sample findings revealed that:

A)controlling for age, ethnicity, and parental education, women with histories of childhood sexual abuse were less likely to report recent alcohol use
B)without controlling for age, ethnicity, and parental education, women with histories of childhood sexual abuse were more likely to report recent alcohol use
C)controlling for age, ethnicity, and parental education, women with histories of childhood sexual abuse were more likely to report recent alcohol use
D)without controlling for age, ethnicity, and parental education, women with histories of childhood sexual abuse were less likely to report recent alcohol use

Question 7

Which of the following has been found in relation to divorce and drinking?
A drinking increases due to divorce
B drinking is reduced due to divorce
C)both a & c
D)a only

Question 8

Studies of COA's have shown which of the following?

A)sons of alcoholics drank significantly more heavily and developed more extensive alcohol dependence than daughters of alcoholics
B)COA's had higher levels of depression and lower levels of self-esteem
C)COA's had lower levels of perceived support
D)All of the above

Question 9

The overall findings regarding alcohol consumption and domestic violence show that:

A)higher drinking reduces the likelihood of domestic violence
B)higher drinking increases the likelihood of domestic violence
C)women who perpetrated violence were shown to have higher rates of drinking
D)both b & c

Question 10

How does the codependent play a role in facilitating the problem when dealing with alcoholics?

A)a codependent may try to rescue the family and assume the responsibility of performing the tasks of the alcoholic in addition to his or her own
B)a codependent may influence the alcoholic by drinking themselves due to their depression
C)a codependent may become aggressive toward the alcoholic in their efforts to be assertive
D)all of the above

Question 11

Which of the following have been posed as critiques of COA studies?

A)lack of controlled research
B)definition of alcoholic parent is vague
C)few comparisons are made between alcoholic and nonalcoholic
D)all of the above

Question 12

While research has shown that parental alcohol use has been shown to have detrimental effects on their children, research should also focus on why some children have also shown ______________ when dealing with their alcoholic parent.

A)anger
B)resiliency
C)complacency
D)fear

Question 13

Which of the following is an unlikely view for families dealing with an alcoholic?

A)views alcoholism as the problem
B)views alcoholism as a short-term strategy for coping
C)views alcoholism a long-term strategy for coping
D)all above statements are unlikely views families use to deal with an alcoholic

Question 14

Some evidence shows degree of similarity of drinking between parent and child may depend on:

A)whether one is comparing a parent and child of the same or opposite sex
B)the parents age in relation to the child's age at the time the child starts drinking
C)which parent the child favors
D)which child the parent favors

Question 15

"Marriage effect" in alcohol studies refers to the _________ drinking rates found among ___________ than with _________ individuals.

A)higher, single, married
B)lower, married, single
C)higher, married, single
D)lower, single married

Question 16

A distinction found between episodic drinkers and steady drinkers show that drinking comes to serve as a _____________ for facilitating problem solving among steady drinkers, while functioning as a means of __________ for episodic drinkers.

A)avoidance, strategy
B)conflict, avoidance
C)strategy, avoidance
D)conflict, strategy

Question 17

Members of alcoholic couples have shown all of the following in their videotaped interactions except?

A)alcoholic husbands reacted with negative behavior to problem solving attempts of their wives
B)husbands positive behavior towards their wives problems solving attempts had no effect on their wives
C)alcoholic husbands of depressed couples were more positive in their responses to the problem solving efforts of their wives
D)alcoholic husbands were less unhappy than their wives were and less aware of their wives complaints

Question 18

What potential methodological problems are encountered in research pertaining to sexual abuse and alcohol dependence?

A)there are variations in the definition of sexual abuse and degree and timing of abuse
B)lack of agreement in the definition of alcohol misuse or dependence
C)presence or absence of control groups
D)all of the above

Question 19

What factors in the family environment may affect the likelihood of COA's becoming alcoholics as adults?

A)mothers view/attitude toward alcoholic father
B)control of sons during adolescence
C)both a & b
D)b only