FRHD 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Chronic Condition, Substance Abuse, Silent Treatment

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 1020
• Professor: Shayna Skakoon- Sparling

Document Summary

Can occur from a variety of diferent factors: Emphasizes systems and the importance of family development across the life course over just looking at individual development: how a family will deals/adapts with stress. B family"s resources or strengths at the ime of the event. C meaning / percepion atached to the event by the family. X represents the stressor and crisis. Hill did not see stressors as either posiive or negaive but as normaive. Stress has the potenial to iniiate change in the system. Muliple crisis happening at one ime (ie. ) birth of a child at the same ime as a major housing relocaion for work. Stress and conlict in family life doesn"t mean that abuse must take place. Proper handling of stress and crisis can actually strengthen a family and help it grow in inimacy. Success based on how we perceive and handle conlict. Conlict doesn"t exist and don"t recognize it.