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Chronological Age (Ch. 8)

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number of years a person has lived

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Psychological Age (Ch. 8)

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a frame of mind and behaviours associated with one’s age

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Physical Age (Ch. 8)

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the physical changes that occur with age

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Social Age (Ch. 8)

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expectations of how we should act when we are a certain age and how we should interact with people older and younger than ourselves

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Lone-Parent Family (Ch. 9)

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a mother or father with no spouse or common-law partner present, living in a dwelling with one or more children

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Teenage Mother (Ch. 9)

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a woman who has her first birth under the age of 20

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Divorce (Ch. 10)

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the legal dissolution of a marriage

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Divorce Rate (Ch. 10)

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a measure that predicts the proportion of couple that can be expected to divorce before their 30th wedding anniversary based on current patterns of divorce

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Custody (Ch. 10)

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the legal right and responsibility to care for a child in one’s own home

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Joint Custody (Ch. 10)

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the legal right and responsibility of both parents to make decisions and care for their child

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Binuclear Family (Ch. 10)

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an arrangement where both father and mother act as parents to their child(ren) following divorce but maintain separate homes

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Transitional State (Ch. 10)

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a state of temporary imbalance resulting from changes in relationships routines assumptions and roles

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Disequilibrium (Ch. 10)

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a lack of balance in the family system

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Custodial/Noncustodial Parent (Ch. 10)

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an individual who has/does not have custody of the child

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Sleeper Effect (Ch. 10)

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a problem that emerges only long after an event such as divorce (i.e.: children may display fear of intimacy or betrayal that will interfere with any potential intimate relationships in the future)

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Remarriage (Ch. 11)

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a marriage that takes place after a previous marriage ended

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Step Family (Ch. 11)

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a family where children are related to one parent but not the other

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Simple Step Family (Ch. 11)

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a family in which all children are the biological or adopted children of one and only one married spouse or common-law partner in the couple

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Complex (Blended) Family (Ch. 11)

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variation of the step family form

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Role Spillover (Ch. 12)

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a situation where family and work roles or time demands interfere with each other

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Role Overload (Ch. 12)

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the perception of being stressed or overwhelmed by the pressures of multiple family and work roles

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Caregiver Strain (Ch. 12)

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a term used to describe the burdens in the caregivers’ day-to-day lives that can be attributed to the need to provide care or assistance to someone else

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Work-Family Balance (Ch. 12)

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a self-defined state of well-being that recognizes the inter-relatedness of work life and life apart from work

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Burnout (Ch. 12)

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a state that occurs when a person experiences prolonged stress without learning how to cope with it

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Flextime (Ch. 12)

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a system of working a set number of house with the starting and finishing times chosen within agreed limits by the employee

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Compressed Workweek (Ch. 12)

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a work schedule based on working longer shifts over fewer days

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Telecommuting (Ch. 12)

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a work arrangement in which the employee works outside the office, often from home

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Job Sharing (Ch. 12)

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a work arrangement in which two employees share one full-time job with prorated salaries and benefits

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Vested Interests (Ch. 13)

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interests of a group of people who have a stake in keeping society as it is (i.e.: these people tent to ave the greatest influence in society - usually among the wealthiest and benefit from the current system)

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Gatekeepers (Ch. 13)

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individuals recognized as having special expertise in indentifying problems and who control access to important people or services

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ABCX Model (Ch. 13)

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a model that explains how families respond to stressors based on the resources they have and how they perceive the stressor

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Stressor (Ch. 13)

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an event that is so significant it causes changes in the family

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Crisis (Ch. 13)

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an imbalance in the demands placed on an individual or the family by a stressor and their ability to meet the demands

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Double ABCX Model (Ch. 13)

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an elaboration of the original ABCX model that includes post-crisis factors as well

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Resiliencies (Ch. 13)

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the strengths that are developed in the struggle with family challenges

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Normative Family Changes (Ch. 13)

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changes that are expected as part of the family life cycle

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Enabler (Ch. 13)

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a person whose behaviour allows another to act in a certain way; often used in reference to nonalcoholic members of alcoholic families

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Codependent (Ch. 13)

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often the partner or child of an alcoholic and who also displays a variety of psychological symptoms as a result of living with an alcoholic

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Corporal Punishment (Ch. 14)

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any kind of physical force used to inflict pain and which serves as a punishment for an offence or to discourage inappropriate behaviour

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Intimate Partner Violence (Ch. 14)

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violence committed by legally married, separated, divorced, or common-law partners, current or previous dating partners, and other intimate partners

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Battered Woman Syndrome (Ch. 14)

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a pattern of signs and symptoms appearing in women who are physically and mentally abused over an extended period by an intimate partner; a legal defence used by a woman accused of killing her abusive partner

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Second-Stage Housing (Ch. 14)

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longer-term housing for abused women

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Social Safety Net (Ch. 15)

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basic social security programs needed to support family life

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Means Test (Ch. 15)

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a method of screening applicants to ensure that only those who need financial assistance receive it

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Absolute Poverty (Ch. 15)

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lacking the minimum basic requirements necessary for physical survival

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Relative Poverty (Ch. 15)

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definition of poverty based on comparing individuals or families to others in the population

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Dependency Ratio (Ch. 16)

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the ratio of the combined youth and senior population to the working-age population, expressed as the number of dependants for every 100 workers

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Matrilineal/Patrilineal (Ch. 16)

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counting descent through one’s mother/father

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