SOC271 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Violence Against Women, Stressor, Toronto Star
21 Jun 2018
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FAMILY VIOLENCE AND ABUSE
Social Stresses on Families:
Stressor, or Crisis-provoking events (Reuben Hill, 1958) – Represent sources of stress and
situations for which families have little or no preparation.
Source (event) and outcome (level of stress)
Events Vary – e.g., pregnancy, unemployment, divorce, death, etc.
ABCX model of Stress: A -------- (B + C) = X
A (the event) interacts with B (the family’s crisis-meeting resources), which interacts with C (the
appraisal or definition the family makes of the event) to produce X (the crisis).
A, the event may be non-support, mental breakdown, violence, suicide, alcoholism, etc.
B, crisis-meeting resources, e.g., family adaptability, family roles, kin-support systems, income,
insurance, friends, reli-gious beliefs, education, good health, etc.
C, definition of problem include meaning, appraisal or inter-pretation regarding seriousness,
perception of event, etc
If both B and C are adequate, the level of stress will be low or nonexistent, if both are
inadequate, the level of stress will be high.
Violence in Families and Among Intimates:
Refer to any act among legally related individuals or those in close primary relationships that is
carried out with the inten-tion of causing physical harm; includes spanking, raping a lover or
murdering a spouse.
Myths of Family Violence:
1. The family is nonviolent
2. Abusers are monsters
3. Abuse is confined to poor, minority or immigrant families
4. Alcohol and drugs are the real causes of violence in the home
5. Children who are abused grow up to be abusers
6. Battered women like being hit
7. Violence and love are incompatible
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Document Summary
Stressor, or crisis-provoking events (reuben hill, 1958) represent sources of stress and situations for which families have little or no preparation. Events vary e. g. , pregnancy, unemployment, divorce, death, etc. Abcx model of stress: a -------- (b + c) = x. A (the event) interacts with b (the family"s crisis-meeting resources), which interacts with c (the appraisal or definition the family makes of the event) to produce x (the crisis). A, the event may be non-support, mental breakdown, violence, suicide, alcoholism, etc. B, crisis-meeting resources, e. g. , family adaptability, family roles, kin-support systems, income, insurance, friends, reli-gious beliefs, education, good health, etc. C, definition of problem include meaning, appraisal or inter-pretation regarding seriousness, perception of event, etc. If both b and c are adequate, the level of stress will be low or nonexistent, if both are inadequate, the level of stress will be high.
