The Family of Brother Michael Williams
The textbook says, “In their efforts to understand diverse family response to stressful events, family scholars have used the ABCX model developed by Reuben Hill.” (Lauer, 2012) In applying this model to Brother Michael Williams’ experience, I would assign his brother’s illness and the decision as to whether he should remain on life support or not as the “A” in the model. This is defined as “the stressor event and the hardships it produces.” (Lauer, 2012) At this point, I would say that the Double ABCX model “proposed by McCubbin and Patterson applies because this model includes “pileups” into the “A”. (Lauer, 2012) A pileup that affected this situation was the family being told that an elderly woman …show more content…
My experience with a family crisis On a December evening in 2006, I was thrilled to leave my three small children with my husband for a few hours, while I went to the church for the Relief Society Christmas Dinner. Being a wife to a counselor in the Bishopric and a busy young mom, I was excited to have the chance to eat a dinner prepared by someone else and attend a meeting without any wiggly children to care for. With luck, I would feel the Spirit. This part of the evening did not disappoint, I returned home feeling refreshed and uplifted. I settled into my rocking chair with my 18-month old son and began to rock him to sleep. My husband sat on the couch and said, “My Mom called and my brother is on his way to sleep there for the night.” This conversation turned lengthy and in the end the spiritual
The textbook says, “In their efforts to understand diverse family response to stressful events, family scholars have used the ABCX model developed by Reuben Hill.” (Lauer, 2012) In applying this model to Brother Michael Williams’ experience, I would assign his brother’s illness and the decision as to whether he should remain on life support or not as the “A” in the model. This is defined as “the stressor event and the hardships it produces.” (Lauer, 2012) At this point, I would say that the Double ABCX model “proposed by McCubbin and Patterson applies because this model includes “pileups” into the “A”. (Lauer, 2012) A pileup that affected this situation was the family being told that an elderly woman …show more content…
My experience with a family crisis On a December evening in 2006, I was thrilled to leave my three small children with my husband for a few hours, while I went to the church for the Relief Society Christmas Dinner. Being a wife to a counselor in the Bishopric and a busy young mom, I was excited to have the chance to eat a dinner prepared by someone else and attend a meeting without any wiggly children to care for. With luck, I would feel the Spirit. This part of the evening did not disappoint, I returned home feeling refreshed and uplifted. I settled into my rocking chair with my 18-month old son and began to rock him to sleep. My husband sat on the couch and said, “My Mom called and my brother is on his way to sleep there for the night.” This conversation turned lengthy and in the end the spiritual