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According to Carter & McGoldrick’s “family stress model,” violence, addictions, depression, and lack of spirituality may be stressors that affect which level of the model?

According to the Carter & McGoldrick model, the current Covid-19 crisis could be considered a horizontal stressor.

I felt better prepared for this exam than Exam I. (Please respond with only one of the following : yes, no, or same).

Which of the following is not one of the conflict styles discussed in class?

The life course approach recognizes all family members go through changes in similar ways at about the same time and in spite of economic or environmental factors.

Which of the following is not a factor in the family stress model (i.e., ABCX and Double-ABCX)?

When my daughters told me how disappointed they were that after all their hard work in college, they would not be having a graduation ceremony in May 2020, I acknowledged their concerns, accepted their feelings, and offered support.  In other words, I tried to communicate in ways that validate and respect them.  This is called __________.

An aversive emotion that may involve negative thoughts and feelings of insecurity, anger, sadness, and fear induced by the threat or actual loss of a relationship with another person is a definition of _______.

Spending time together can be a relational currency.

A family has a past, and a present, that includes some kind of sharing and contact, and a future that includes the expectation of continuing the relationship.