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UTSW 2011 HB Fam Dev
UT Southwestern - Human Behavior - Family Development
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the role of the family? | To help us mature socially and emotioinally |
| What are the stages of transitions of the family life cycle? | Couple to marriage, birth, children entering school, children entering adolescence, children leaving home, retirement |
| What are the three stages of personality development? | Impulsive, conformist, autonomous |
| What is the main component of a love relationship between two adults? | Communication |
| Describe the link between physical/psychological health and marital functioning | Good marriage: 65% healthier, live 4 years longer |
| Understand the various challenges that are part of developing and maintaining a health marital dyad | Falling in love, romantic love to companionship, communication, dealing with conflicts, revising rules, negotiate individual personality, intimacy |
| Describe the attributes of healthy family functioning | Health-promoting beliefs, structure and patterns of interation, communication |
| What are the major stages of family transitions? | 1) marriage, 2) childbirth, 3) school, 4) adolescence, 5) leave home, 6) retirement |
| What are the stages of family personality development? | 1) Impulsive (primitive-> immediate reward, chaotic), 2) Conformist (middle-> rigid rules, adolescents REBEL), 3) Autonomous (Integrity; optimal stage-> flexible structure w/clear hierarchy & personal autonomy) |
| What is the best indicator of family health? | health of the marital dyad |
| What are characteristics of falling in love? | 1) choose mate @ same emotional stage, 2) occurs @ life transitions, fear of future, 3) romantic love (preoccupied, intense, incomplete when separated, age-independent), 4) fantasy (necessary), 5) lasts 12-18 months, 6) ACT LOVABLE to be loved |
| What is the best way to kill a relationship? | Fear and Questioning |
| What are ways people deal with conflict? | 1) Leave and disengage 2) Avoid conflict 3) Conflict and resolve |
| What does romantic love develop into? | Companionate Love |
| Where do people learn how to manage conflict? | parents |
| How do you attain a secure sense of self in a relationship? | 1) get a job (occupation), 2) grow up (don't marry young) |
| What are healthy beliefs in a relationship? | 1) Knowing the difference bw absolute and relative truths 2) People are benign or neutral 3) Human encounters can be rewarding |
| What are structures of healthy families? | 1) share power, 2) have clear personal boundaries, 3) no projection of blame, 4) problems are in the present, 5) respect individual autonomy |
| What are happy marriages based on? | deep friendship |
| How many families have a stay-at-home mom? | 0.2 |
| How many families are dysfunctional? | violence/addiction/psychological illness/physical illness, 30% -> seek relationships too early, recreate same family -> feed forward cycle |
| What are the core concepts of marital dysfunction? | 1) inability to communicate, 2) projection, 3) boundary disturbances 4) communication disturbances |
| What are the best predictors of marital dissatisfaction and eventual divorce? | When angry, the use of derision, insult, stonewalling, name calling |
| What are stats on divorce? | 50% marriages-> 70% of these remarry->60% of these redivorce. Have problems for ave. 7 years(!) of major conflict before talk to psychologist. Usually lasts 6-12 months |
| Reasons for increased rate of divorce include | Families now exist for satisfaction, contraception, women's movement, increased life span |
| What are reasons for Divorce? | 1) INFIDELITY, 2) outgrow each other, 3) looked for marriage to complete them, 4) lost communication, 5) unrealistic expectation, 6) married to get out of home, 7) married to avoid being alone, 8) women's careers are hurt by marriage, men's are helped |
| Describe the stages of divorce | 1) Deliberation (dissatisfaction, dread) 2) Divorce (anger, filing) 3) Re-equilibration (optimism, re-synthesis) |
| What are common causes for late divorce? | Long-term dissatisfaction, continued infidelity, children are raised |
| when is the most common time to get a divorce? | 7 years (1-5 years = early divorce, easier). later divorce harder for men (no social support system) |
| How long do affairs typically last? | 2-3 years (appearance of more stable relationship: guilt & accommodation) |
| What happens to children during Divorce? | 1 year regression of little kids, most damaging during adolescence, sickness (sometimes chronic) |
| What scenarios of a divorce would produce clinical problems in children? | Child acts as therapist, behavior disordered child, exacerbation of chronic illness, parental child |
| What is the re-equilibration stage of Divorce? | 1) Optimism, excitemnet, regret, new activities & friends, 2) independence, new sense of identity, comfort w/lifestyle, care of children |
| How many families are single-parent? | 0.3 |
| What happens to husband & wife after divorce? | women have 73% decrease in standard of living, men have 43% rise. Child support = 60% compliance in 1st year, <30% after 3 years. |
| Describe the emotional process of and outcomes of divorce | Retrieve oneself from marriage, give up all hopes, reinvest, possible rebound |
| Describe the challenges faced by non-nuclear families | bad/missing parents simply cannot be replaced |
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