chapter 8 (stress and violence in family life)

Question 1

domestic violence

Answer 1

family violence; violence against any member of the household, including a child, partner, parent or sibling.

Question 2

stressor

Answer 2

something that causes stress; challenge or threat.

Question 3

ABCX family crisis model

Answer 3

a model of stress in which A, the stressor event, interacts with B, the family’s crisis-meeting resources, and C, the family’s interpretation of the event, to produce X, the crisis.

Question 4

acculturative stres

Answer 4

stress originating from the challenges involved in adapting to a new society.

Question 5

caregiver burden

Answer 5

stress that caregivers experience while caring for an inform family member at home. this subjective burden is an important predictor of negative health outcomes.

Question 6

crisis episodes

Answer 6

significant events that are likely to lead to seeking help from professionals, changing caregiving conditions, and precipitating decision making.

Question 7

conflict tactics scale

Answer 7

an instrument developed by murray strauss to measure the extent of domestic violence based on frequency and severity of incidents.

Question 8

intimate partner violence (IPV)

Answer 8

physical abuse between members of a couple. may be reciprocal (common couple violence) or directed by one partner against the other, and it may occur between cohabiters and legally married couples.

Question 9

cycle of abuse

Answer 9

a tendency for family violence to repeat itself from one generation to the next. in this cycle, abused girls and daughters of abused mothers grow up to become abused women, and abused boys or sons of abusive fathers grow up to become abusive partners or fathers.