Family Life Cycle Stages

Question 1

Stage 1

Answer 1

Married Couples Without Children

Question 2

Stage 2

Answer 2

Child bearing families

Question 3

Stage 3

Answer 3

Families with pre-school children

Question 4

Stage 4

Answer 4

Families with school children

Question 5

Stage 5

Answer 5

Families with teenagers

Question 6

Stage 6

Answer 6

Families launching young adults

Question 7

Stage 7

Answer 7

Middle aged parents

-Classified as empty nest and retirement

Question 8

Stage 8

Answer 8

Aging Family members

-Encompasses retirement to death of both spouses.

Question 9

Vertical Stressor

Answer 9

Relational Patterns Transmitted from one generation to another.

Question 10

Family attitudes

Answer 10

Vertical Stressor

Question 11

Secrets

Answer 11

Vertical Stressor

Question 12

Taboos they may have adopted

Answer 12

Vertical Stressor

Question 13

Hopes

Answer 13

Vertical Stressor

Question 14

Failures

Answer 14

Vertical Stressor

Question 15

Expectations

Answer 15

Vertical Stressor

Question 16

Emotional Struggles

Answer 16

Vertical Stressor

Question 17

Horizontal Stressors

Answer 17

Include predictable events that occur as families move from one life cycle stage to another.

Question 18

Birth of a child

Answer 18

Horizontal Stressor

Question 19

Parenting adolescent children

Answer 19

Horizontal Stressor

Question 20

Children Leaving Home

Answer 20

Horizontal Stressor

Question 21

Death of a parent

Answer 21

Horizontal Stressor

Question 22

Menopause

Answer 22

Horizontal Stressor

Question 23

Health Conceerns

Answer 23

Horizontal Stressor

Question 24

Changes in self image

Answer 24

Horizontal Stressor

Question 25

career shifts

Answer 25

Horizontal Stressor

Question 26

Infidelity

Answer 26

Horizontal Stressor

Question 27

Infertility

Answer 27

Horizontal Stressor