Define the ABC-X model of family stress and coping and discuss the three possible outcomes following a stressful event.
What will be an ideal response?
The ABC-X model theorizes that to understand whether an event (A) in the family system becomes a crisis (X), we also need to understand both the family's resources (B) and the family's definitions (C) of the event. The main idea is that the impact of stressors on the family (the X factor) is influenced by other factors, most notably the internal and external resources available and the meaning the family makes of the situation. With some updating, this theory continues to be the basis for examining family stress and coping. The ABC-X model describes a family transition process following a stressful event. A period of disequilibrium is followed by three possible outcomes: (1) recovery to the family's previous level of functioning; (2) maladaptation, or permanent deterioration in the family's functioning; or (3) bonadaptation, or improvement in the family's functioning over and above the previous level. Thus, under certain circumstances, a stressor event can actually be beneficial, if the family's coping process strengthens the family in the long term.
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