Final

Question 1

Define divorce.

Answer 1

The legal dissolution of a marriage.

Question 2

What are the three legal ground for ducked according to the Divorce Act?

Answer 2

1. Cruelty
2. Adultery
3. Being separated for one year

Question 3

What social factors increase the likelihood of divorce?

Answer 3

1. Marrying before age 20
2. Having a lower socioeconomic status
3. Cohabitating before marriage
4. Your parents divorced

Question 4

What is a transitional state?

Answer 4

Divorce produced a state of temporary imbalance resulting from changes in relationships, routines, assumptions, and roles. This usually lasts between 1-3 years.

Question 5

What are the protective factors for children during divorce?

Answer 5

1. Effective parenting by both parents
2. Social support form extended family, friends, and institutions

Question 6

Why does each parent need to establish a relationship with the child by themselves after a divorce?

Answer 6

If there is no clear understanding of new rules of the relationship, the child is likely to become a victim of conflicts between the parents.

Question 7

What are the stressor factors for children during divorce?

Answer 7

1. The actual separation
2. Poorer quality of parenting during and after divorce
3. Loss of important relationships
4. Financial hardships
5. Conflict between parents before and after separation

Question 8

True or False?
For many children, emotional adjustments take up to two years?

Answer 8

True!

Question 9

True or False?
Some children in divorced families score higher than those is non-divorced families on various indices such as academic success and emotional and behavioural adjustment.

Answer 9

False!

Question 10

Define custody.

Answer 10

The term used to describe where children live, and who makes decisions for or about them.

Question 11

Define sole custody.

Answer 11

One parent alone has custody.

Question 12

Define shared custody.

Answer 12

Both parents have joint custody and each spends at least 40% of time with child (binuclear family).

Question 13

Define a “bird’s nest arrangement.”

Answer 13

The children stay in the house, and their separated or divorced parents come to them.

Question 14

Define split custody.

Answer 14

One parent has custody over some of the children, other parent has custody over others. Not a preferred method by courts.

Question 15

What do children benefit from after a divorce?

Answer 15

1. Regular contact with both parents (and extended families)
2. Being assured of adequate financial support (require commitment of both parents and effective enforcement laws)

Question 16

What were the effects of changing the divorce legislation in 1968 and 1985.

Answer 16

In 1968, you had to prove an affair or infertility whereas in 1985, you only had to prove that you gad been separated for a certain length of time. This caused divorce rates to go up because now it is easier to get divorced.

Question 17

Define simple stepfamily.

Answer 17

A family where the children are related to one parent but not the other.

Question 18

Define complex/blended stepfamily.

Answer 18

Variations of the stepfamily form.

Question 19

True or False?
In the past, most families were formed following the death of a spouse; now likelier to follow divorce.

Answer 19

True!

Question 20

Define boundary ambiguity.

Answer 20

A lack of clarity about who does or does not belong in the family. Keeping boundaries permeable is usually the most workable option.

Question 21

What are the stressors for children during divorce?

Answer 21

1. The actual separation
2. Poorer quality of parenting during and a father
3. Loss of important relationships
4. Financial hardship
5. Conflict between parents

Question 22

What are protective for children during divorce?

Answer 22

1. Effective parenting from both parents
2. Social support from extended family, friends, and institutions

Question 23

What are the effects of divorce on children?

Answer 23

1. Score lower on academic success, emotional and behavioural adjustments

Question 24

How long does emotional adjustment take in children after divorce?

Answer 24

Up to two years

Question 25

What is boundary and role ambiguity?

Answer 25

Refers to a lack of clarity about who does or does not belong in the family. Risk is especially high for young children and adolescents, keeping boundaries open works best

Question 26

What are some ways to help children adjust to remarriage?

Answer 26

1. Reassure children that they are both the cause of the changes 2. Allow children to mourn the loss of the dream that their biological parents will reunite 3. Reassure children that they will see and maintain a connection with the non-residential parent, especially important for 9-13 year olds 4. Honour previous family rituals

Question 27

Define a skip-generation family.

Answer 27

Families in which the children are raised by their grandparents without their parents at home.

Question 28

What’s are some challenges in a skip generation family?

Answer 28

- Lack of energy - need to reorganize home - financial needs change - children have emotional baggage - grandparents receive no benefits - might not want the burden or responsibility

Question 29

What are the benefits of skip generation families for children?

Answer 29

Grandparents have a positive effect and are important your young adult grandchildren - emotional gratification - conveyors of family histories and transitions

Question 30

What are some reasons Canaadian families are poor?

Answer 30

- Temporaty poverty (job loss) - Indigienous peoples (colonialism) - Immigrants (low paying jobs) - Diablitires (low skills, education, and pay, high cost of living)

Question 31

True or False? Poverty among the elderly is decreasing.

Answer 31

True!

Question 32

What are the 3 Factors that influence the impact of poverty?

Answer 32

1. Depth: the amount a family or individual’s income is below the poverty line 2. Breadth: Other aspects associated with poverty (illiteracy, poor health, physical insecurity) 3. Duration: How long the poverty lasts

Question 33

What are the challenges of poverty on children?

Answer 33

- have poorer health due to food insecurity - live in substandardized housing - live in unsafe neighborhoods where they can’t play - no opportunities for extracurriculars

Question 34

What are some ways to reduce family poverty?

Answer 34

- creates jobs - address family insecurity - raise wages - increase social assistance - focus on disadvantaged groups

Question 35

What is Campaign 2000?

Answer 35

- 1989 House of Commons agreed to eliminate poverty by 2000 They proposed raising the minimum wage to $15

Question 36

What are the 5 stages of psychological reactions to death?

Answer 36

1. Denial 2. Anger 3. Bargaining 4. Depression 5. Acceptance

Question 37

True or False? The 5 stages of grief don’t have to happen in order and a person may jump back and forth on the scale.

Answer 37

True!

Question 38

How should we talk to children about death?

Answer 38

- reassure the child - use concrete terms - allow children to express themselves - maintain routines - don’t avoid the topic - be honest about yourself

Question 39

Define Family violence.

Answer 39

A range of abusive behaviours that occur within relationships based on kinship, intimacy, dependency, or trust

Question 40

What are the 5 forms of family violence?

Answer 40

1. Physical 2. Sexual 3. Emotional 4. Neglect 5. Financial

Question 41

Why do people stay in abusive situations?

Answer 41

- commitment to the caretaker role - fear of the consequences of leaving - feeling powerless - denial

Question 42

What are the stages of developing abuse in relationships?

Answer 42

1. Seduce and charm them 2. Isolate the victim 3. Introduce the threat of violence