Discuss the unique stressors associated with living in a stepfamily. Identify at least three areas of stress and discuss each thoroughly using information from the chapter.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers may include:
a. Importantly, when an individual or subsystem experiences stress, other individuals or subsystems within the family are affected and vice versa, and this is often referred to as the “ripple effect.”
b. Complexities of stepfamily relationships put them at greater risk for more family-level stress compared to traditional two-biological-parent families. Generally, common sources of stress in stepfamilies include more family transitions and instability, less clarity regarding member roles and family boundaries, and unrealistic expectations based on comparisons to the traditional two-biological-parent model. These sources of stress result primarily from the complex stepfamily structure and, thus, are unique to these families.
c. Transitions/how to distribute resources/adjusting to new roles/new expectations
You might also like to view...
Of several techniques for handling severely disturbed callers, which is not appropriate?
a. slow them down. b. determine if they are on any medication. c. avoid placating or sympathizing. d. go along with delusions, to calm them down and gain their trust.
Research has provided evidence that therapists’ values influence the following phase(s) of psychotherapy:
a. the theories of personality and therapeutic change b. assessment strategies c. goals of treatment d. evaluation of therapy outcomes e. all of the above
A counselor needed a test that would measure whether students enrolled in a social skills training curriculum had developed proficiency in the understanding and use of the different skills. Which type of test is the counselor likely to use?
a) Norm referenced b) Unstructured qualitative c) Structured qualitative d) Criterion referenced
In the middle stage of counseling, the focus typically shifts from client exploration of emotions to client exploration of cognitive processes
Indicate whether the statement is true or false