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Stressor

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Something that causes stress

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Eustress

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A stressor that is good stress

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Distress

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A stressor that is bad stress

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Acute

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A relatively short time

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Chronic

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Long lasting

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Family crisis

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A situation that upsets that normal functioning of the family and requires a new set of reposes to the stressor

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General Adaptation Syndrome

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Reaction, resistance, exhaustion

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Fight or flight

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the instinctive response to a threatening situation. One readies to either fight of run away

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Life Change event

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Typically a life altering event that requires big adjustment

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Social Readjustment Rating Scale

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A scale identifying associations between life events and life transitions and the impact of those events on health

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Family Stress

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The result of an imbalance between the demands an event places on a family and that family’s ability to meet them

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Transactional model of stress

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Stress is the result of an interaction between the person and his or her environment

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External Locus of control

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Refers to the perception that we cannot control what happens in our life

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Internal Locus of control

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The perception that we are in control of what happens in our life

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Problem Management

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Management strategies aimed directly at attacking the stressor

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Emotional regulation

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Strategies designed to help one change the meaning of the stressor so that they can control their emotions

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Meaning based coupling

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Employing deliberate strategies to produce positive emotion, in order to remain optimistic

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ABC -X Family Crisis model

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Reuben hills model that views family crisis situations as a combination of various factors

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A factor

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Initial crisis causing events

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B factor

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The resources a family has at its disposal to meet the demands of the crisis

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C factor

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The meanings families ascribe to the event

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X factor

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The outcomes of the event, the results of whether or not a family copes effectively with the crisis event

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Pile-up

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The accumulation of stressors that can result from a stressor that coincides with a life event

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Double ABC-X model

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A model to better understand the effects of the accumulation or pile up of stressors and strains and how families adapt to them

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Appraisal focussed coping
Attempts to understand why the crisis occurred to find meaning in the circumstances
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Cognitive redefinition
Occurs when families attempt to reframe the life event other than stressor in ways that are seen as more favorable
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Cognitive avoidance
The attempt to deny the seriousness of a particular situation or events
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Problem focused coping
Coping that seeks to fix the problem head on
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Emotion focused coping
Coping that makes one feel better, but does not fix the problem
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Progressive desensitization
occurs when family members gradually allow themselves increasing exposure to the stressor
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Emotional discharge
The act of venting in response to tragic or unexpected news
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Resigned acceptance
The ultimate acceptance of circumstances
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Solution focused therapy model
focuses on a person's present and future circumstances and goals, not on past experiences
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Family resilience
A family's ability to function during times of change stress adversity crisis and transition
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Domestic violence
Violence perpetrated against family members
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Batterer
a person who commits domestic violence
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Intimate partner
Violence perpetrated against a relationship partner
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Gender based violence
Violence against an individual because of their gender
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Child maltreatment
Any act, intentional or not that results in harm to a child
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Adverse Childhood experiences
Experiences that occur during childhood and are potentially traumatic life altering events
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Cycle of violence model
A model illustrating three phases of violence commonly seen in abusive relationships
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Baby Boomers
People born between 1946 and 1964
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Life Expectancy
The age at which adults are expected to die
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Gerontologists
Scientists who study aging
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Lifespan Perspective
Emphasizes that human beings are in a constant state of growth
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Normative Age graded influences
Developmental changes caused by biological psychosocial and sociocultural factors
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Social clock
Culturally established norms associated with the timing of events
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Normative history graded events
Events or conditions that people in a given culture or society experience simultaneously
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Primary aging
Basic biological processes that are genetically programmed to occur over time
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Hayflick Limit
Each species has a genetic time limit
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Secondary aging
Physiological declines that are a result of environmental and behavioral influences
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Empty nest
The home with no children after children have grown and left
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Gray Divorce
A term used for people over 50 who divorce after 20 or more years of marriage
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Intergenerational ties
the relationships between family members across multiple generations
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Grandfamilies
Families in which the grandparents are responsible for their grandchildren
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Formal Grand parenting
a Style of grandparenting in which grandparents see their role along common traditional lines
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Companionate relationship
Companionate grandparents enjoy warm loving relationships with their grandchildren
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Fun seeker
A grandparent whose relationship with their grandchild is characterized by fun
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remote Relationship
the distant grandparent who only sees their grandchildren over holidays
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Involved relationships
The grandparent who is very involved in their grandchildren's life
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Dispenser of wisdom
The grandparent who offers wisdom and advice to the grandchild
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Life orientation
The emphasis before retirement on the family
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Caregiver burden
The physical and emotional wear and tear that a caregiver has to go through
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Sandwich generation
Adults who are parenting adolescents or younger children while at the same time caring for aging parents
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Death Anxiety
Tension, feelings of distress, and apprehension because of talks about death
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Lingering Trajectory
A lengthy transition from life to death
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Expected Quick trajectory
A transition from life to death that is expected and fast
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Unexpected Quick trajectory
A transition from life to death that is sudden and unexpected
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Mourning
Culturally prescribed expressions of the thoughts and feelings that are involved with the person who passed
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Bereaved person
Someone who suffers the loss of a loved one
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Bereavement
A person's specific relations following the news of the death of the loved one
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grief
Physical and emotional responses to the painful loss of a loved one

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