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22 Cards in this Set
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ABC-X model of family stress and coping |
A way of viewing families that focuses on stressor events and crises, family resources, family definitions and beliefs, and outcomes of stress pileup |
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Cohabiting |
When a couple lives together in a romantic relationship without marriage |
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Differentiation of self |
In family systems theory, the process of learning to differentiate between thoughts and feeling and to follow one's own beliefs rather than making decisions based on reactivity to the cues of others or the need to win approval |
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Family |
A social group of two or more persons, characterized by ongoing interdependence with long term commitments that stem from blood, law, or affection |
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Family ecomap |
Visual representations of how a family is connected to other individuals and social systems; uses circles, lines, and arrows to show family relationships and the strength and directional flow of energy and resources to and from the family |
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Family economic stress model |
A model of family stress suggesting that economic hardship leads to economic pressure, which leads to parent distress, which leads to disrupted family relationships, which leads to child and adolescent adjustment problems |
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Family investment model |
Theoretical model proposing that families with greater economic resources can afford to make large investments in the development of their children |
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Family life cycle perspective |
An approach that looks at how families change over time and proposes normative changes and tasks at different stages |
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Family of origin |
The family into which we were born and in which we were raised, when the two are the same |
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Family resilience perspective |
An approach to family that seeks to identify and strengthen family processes that allow families to bear up under and rebound from distressing life experiences |
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Family systems Persepctive |
A way of understanding families that focuses on the family as a social system, with patterns of interaction and relationships, and on changes in these patterns over time |
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Family timeline |
A visual representation of important dates and events in a family's life over time |
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Feminist Persepctive on families |
A perspective proposing that families should not be studied as whole systems, with lens on the family level, but rather as patterns of dominance, subjugation, and oppression, particularly as those patterns are tied to gender |
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Genogram |
A visual representation of the multi-generational family system, using squares, circles, and relationship lines |
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Intersectionality feminist theory |
A feminist theory suggesting that no single category is sufficient to understand social oppression and that categories such as gender, race, and class intersect to produce different experiences for women of various races and classes |
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Lone-parent families |
Families composed of one parent and at least one child residing in the same household, headed by either a divorced or unmarried parent |
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Multilevel family practice model |
A way of viewing a family that focuses on stress from and resources provided (or not provided) by patterns and institutions within larger social systems, including the neighborhood, local community, state, nation, and global socioeconomic system |
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Nonnormative stressors |
Unexpected stressful events that can quickly drain a family's resources |
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Stress pileup |
When a series of crises over time depletes a family's resources and exposes the family to increasing risk of very negative outcomes |
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Transition points |
Time when families face a transition in family life stage or in family composition |
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Triangulation |
A process that occurs when two family members (a family subsystem) inappropriately involve another family member to reduce anxiety in the dyadic relationship |
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Normative stressors |
The stressors that families face as a result of typical family life cycle transitions |
