Dual-career families rarely engage in role negotiation.

Virgina Satir maintains that untroubled and nurturing families demonstrate several patterns.  Which of the following is not one:

The severity of stress depends, in part, upon the family’s resources and their interpretation of the events surrounding the stressor event.

According to the Carter & McGoldrick model, a family member with an addiction problem would be considered a vertical stressor.

Role conflict can occur when Ashley has different expectations about the way Paul should be performing a role than Paul does.

In Carter and McGoldrick’s model of stressors, some are classified as horizontal and others vertical.  Which of the following describes vertical stressors?

Family _________ are communication events that are voluntary, recurring, and patterned.  

Esther’s mother comes over for dinner and begins to tell her what a great thing it is that Donald Trump is running for president again. Esther explains to her mother, using logic that she learned in philosophy class and examples from history why this is actually not good at all. Esther’s mother cannot refute what she says. Which resource is Esther using as a power base? 

Whew! Question 50.  This question is my favorite! (Answer: True!)

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 _______.