Homework Clinic
Social Science Clinic => Family Studies and Human Development => Topic started by: Frost2351 on Sep 11, 2018
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3. Define and explain the relationship among the following terms: family coping, resilience, family protective factors, family recovery factors, and vulnerability.
What will be an ideal response?
Question 2
Identify and describe at least seven stressors faced by contemporary military families. Explain how this information will affect your teaching.
What will be an ideal response?
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Answer to Question 1
family coping: process by which families manage stress
resilience: maintenance of family system in the face of challenges
family protective factors: positive factors that help families to cope with stress that lead to increases in family elasticity
family recovery factors: positive factors that help families to cope with stress that lead to supporting buoyancy
vulnerability: possibility of risk factors that negatively impact family functions
relationship among terms: having stronger positive than negative factors in the face of stress helps to cope and be resilient and lessens vulnerability
Answer to Question 2
Stressors:
financial stability
health care
poor status of base housing
tuition assistance
low pay
affordable child care
special needs of children with disabilities
mandated relocations
separations from families
reuniting with family members