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Test 3 readings from Segrin and Flora book Flashcards

1
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Does divorce have negative consequences for children?

A

Yes, across a wide range of domains. However, these effects are weak in magnitude, most pronounced for middle-age children, and weaker today than 40-50 years ago.

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Parental absence perspective

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people generally feel that two parents living and working together can do the job better than one

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Economic disadvantage perspective

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divorce commonly results in poorer economic conditions for children

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Family conflict perspective

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children from high-conflict intact families have more adjustment problems than children from divorced families.

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Sleeper effects

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delayed effect of parental divorce show up when young adults face new developmental challenges such as developing a serious intimate relationship, establishing autonomy from parents, and pursuing a career.

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Parentification

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a sort of role reversal where children assume responsibilities for household tasks and care of siblings

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Intergenerational Transmission of Divorce

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increased risk for marital distress and divorce

Ex: modeling

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Is there clear evidence that negative attitudes toward the permanence of marriage can explain the intergenerational transmission of divorce?

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Yes

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9
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divorce prone personality hypothesis

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some people have qualities that make them likely candidates to get divorced

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willingness to leave marriage hypothesis

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people who divorce have an obvious track record of seeing divorce as an option

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dysfunctional beliefs hypothesis

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people enter into remarriage with unrealistically high expectations, perhaps fueled by the certainty they have learned from their past mistakes

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12
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Images of stepfamilies in society: deviant group

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-deviant groups

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incomplete institutionalization hypothesis

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stepfamilies lack guiding norms, principles, and methods of problem solving that are enjoyed by members of nuclear families.

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Reformed nuclear family

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stepfamilies are just like nuclear families by virtue of having two heterosexual adults and children

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Stages of being a stepparent

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Fantasy stage and immersion stage

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dialectics in step families

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  • parenting/nonparenting
  • openness/closedness
  • control/restraint
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17
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roles of mothers in stepfamilies

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  • defender (shield children from unfair discipline)
  • gatekeeper (control stepfathers access to their children both during courtship and marriage)
  • mediatiors
  • interpreter (step in and referee conflicts, explain each family members perspective)
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Types of stepfamilies (278)

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  • accelerated
  • prolonged
  • stagnating
  • declining
  • high-amplitude turbulant
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types of children’s perceptions of family membership (279)

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  • retention
  • substitution
  • reduction
  • augmentation
20
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Schrodts relational typology of stepfamilies

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  • bonded
  • functional
  • ambivalent
  • evasive
  • conflictual
  • page 280
21
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Ahron and Rodgers post divorce relationships typology

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  • dissolving duos
  • perfect pals
  • cooperative colleagues
  • angry associates
  • fiery foes
22
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Step family interaction patterns

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  • detached stepparent/engaged parent
  • couple-focused
  • progressive
23
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Challenges in step families

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-communication
-regulating boundaries
-establishing authority
(not all like the Brady Bunch!)

24
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decentralized network

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do not have one single member who is the hub of information, centralized one member

25
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all-channel network

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everyone talks to everyone

26
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problems with family rituals

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  • underritualized: families who do not celebrate or mark family changes and who do not join in larger societal rituals
  • rigidly ritualized- not adapt
  • skewed- one tradition or one side is ritualized at the expense of the other
  • hollow- out of obligation, and limit
  • interrupted- sudden changes (death, illness, war), keep family from celebrating the rituals they would otherwise
  • adaptable- meaningful and flexible
27
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Common problems for aging couples

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  • how to spend leisure time
  • financial/spending habits
  • discipline and support of grandchildren
  • moving into a new home
  • each others personality
28
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Factors that effect closeness and contact in extended families: age

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Age (socioemotional selectivity theory): time changes ones perspective.

29
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Three goals that motivate social contact:

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  1. ) emotion regulation
  2. ) information seeking
  3. ) self-concept (p.184)
30
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The matrifocal tilt

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extended family ties on the maternal side of families tend to be stronger

31
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Communication predicament of aging model

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applies communication accomodation theory specifically to age based interactions

32
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factors that effect grandparents closeness with grandchildren

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  • age
  • proximity
  • quality of relationship
  • matrifocal tilt
  • parental divorce
33
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life cycle

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facts on 227

34
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family violence (chapter 16)

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the intentional intimidation, physical and/or sexual abuse, or battering of children, adults, or elders by a family member, intimate partner, or caretaker

35
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how common is family violence and abuse?

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the exact answer may never be known.

36
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types of abuse (347)

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  • child
  • physical
  • sexual
  • emotional
  • physical neglect
  • emotional neglect
  • marital or intimate partner violence
  • elder abuse
37
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physical abuse of children within the family

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p.348
low adaptability and cohesion and problematic parenting behavior plus conflict leads to physical child abuse which leads to child aggression toward parent, relationship violence, psychological problems, and abuse of own children

38
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theories of physical child abuse

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  • social learning
  • family systems: dysfunctional relationships within the family and between the family and the external environment
  • social situational/stress and coping theory: situations under which abuse and other forms of family violence occur. more on page 350
  • social cognition theories
  • attachment theory
39
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intergenerational transmission of child abuse

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most abused children DO NOT repeat the mistakes of their parents. However, consider the fact that only 5% of parents in the general population abuse their children, implying a six fold increase in abuse rates as a function of a childhood history of abuse

40
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child sexual abuse

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low adap. and cohesion and family isolation and parental absence and boundary violations and conflict and intergenerational family dysfunction leads to child sexual abuse which then leads to psychological problems, interpersonal problems, and revictimization

41
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violence in the marital subsytem

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p.358

42
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types of abusice spouses

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  1. ) family only
  2. ) dysphoric/borderline
  3. ) generally violent/anti social
    p. 360
43
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thematic apperception test communication deviance scoring system

A

303

44
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protection hypothesis

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people receive protections that buffer ill health. Two primary protections are: married people tend to live a less risky lifestyle than single, and married people benefit from companionship, social support, and instrumental services

45
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emotional climate

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p.331

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