PSY 3123 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Chronic Condition, Alcoholism, Codependency

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3123
• Professor: Kristel Thomassin

Document Summary

Society - chooses what"s typical and the norm. Individuals recognize as having special expertise in identifying problems and who control access to important people or services. Everyone has diff views on what is a problem. The abcx model: dealing with a new problem. Reuben hill 1958 model of response to a new problem. B" refers to the impact of the stressor on a family"s resources. C" refers to the way the family members view the stressing event. X" refers to the crisis that follows. Stressor event, then look at the resources the fam has to deal with the problem, see how the family views this stressor, crisis/how they react. May help the family"s ability to solve new problems. This may reduce problems short term but maybe not long term. Main difference is what happens after the original x - post crisis. The double abcx model points to five stressors: Efforts of the family to cope - like alcoholics to cope.