The 10 Dimensions Of Family Stress

What are the short and long-term stressors impinging on this family? What strengths counterbalance these stressors? How is the family reacting to these stressors (identify functional and dysfunctional coping strategies)?

10.) There a many types of stressors that one may encounter, but among most people I believe the most common is sociological stress. Sociological stress can be one of the hardest to deal with because it is stimulated from a relationship with another person. This can cause someone to feel extremely overwhelmed and tensed because they do not know how to deal with the situation at hand. I know personally I have a hard time dealing with sociological stressors, especially when it has to do with a person close to me that I care about. I believe most people feel like they are constantly under social stress, which can cause one to feel anxiety, depression or anger throughout the day. Because we live in such a fast paced environment, many can feel sociological stressors. It can

In the same manner, in relation to the ecological framework family factors would refer to the processes in the family such as family environment, family interaction, family stressors, and parenting skills. Family stress in conjunction with financial difficulties, chronic poverty and unemployment is one major area that could overwhelm a family’s capacity to function. The stresses and strains of socioeconomic hardship are associated with higher rates of domestic violence (Kaufman Kantor & Straus, 1999).

Although not everyone that comes across a stressor in life will experience a crisis, some are unable to cope with the stressor in a healthy manner and eventually succumb to a crisis. If this person does not receive the adequate crisis intervention during this state, he or she is likely to be unable to function at the level he or she had been functioning before the crisis. This will inevitably lead to additional crisis scenarios for every stressor they must face in life. “This pattern can go on for many years until the person’s ego is completely drained of its capacity to deal with reality; often such people commit suicide, kill someone, or have a psychotic breakdown.” (Kanel, K. 2007).

Conduct Disorders (CD) are affecting at least 3.5% of children in the United States today (Perou, et al., 2013). Parenting style, Socioeconomic Status, and parental stress contribute to the development of CD in young children (Harvey and Metcalfe, 2013).

There are many and varied reasons why some families can feel under pressure. Some are short term problems such as accommodation whilst some problems such as illness can be long term. Four of the common factors that can put pressure on families are:

The stressful effects of relationships cause people, specifically women, to become overwhelmed (Umberson and Montez 4). Women endure a number of relational stresses throughout their lives, and they must learn how to utilize their experiences to combat certain health issues. Being overwhelmed due to relational stress can cause women to fall victim to depression and cardiovascular disease (Vaughn et al.). Both of these issues are very detrimental to determining overall health, so women must be cautious when it comes to how they allow their relational stress to affect themselves. As stated in “Social Relationships and Health: A Flashpoint for Health Policy,” “the emotional support provided by social ties enhances psychological well-being, which, in

Conduct Disorder (CD) are affecting at least 3.5% of children in the United States today (Perou, et al., 2013). Parenting style, Socioeconomic Status, and parental stress contributes to the development of CD in young children (Harvey and Metcalfe, 2013).

Although previous studies have investigated stress and cognitive functioning in parents of a child with a disability, there has been little research on the impacts of positive social support interventions in nonnormative parents on cognitive functioning. It has been extensively studied that cognitive functioning continuously decreases with age (Lachman, Agrigoroael, Tun, & Weaver, 2013). Various factors impact this decline, including a woman’s educational attainment and physiological factors, such as stress. Stress can directly influence cognitive functioning, and increased or chronic amounts of stress are often reported from nonnormative parents, or parents of a child with a disability (Lopez, Clifford, Minnes, & Ouellette-Kuntz, 2008). Along

According to Walsh and McDaniel (2006), strengthening family resilience is understanding that resilience is more than surviving or escaping an ordeal. It is merely the capacity to rebound from adversity through the active process of endurance, self-righting, and growth (p. 4). In further grasping the framework of resiliency, this paper assesses my own family system by examining resiliency factors within myself and of my family origin. By looking through the lens of my own personal experiences, it allows me to see the characteristics that shape the successes and stresses that I have inhibited.

Stress has been a condition that has confounded scientists about its many potential causes and effects on the human body. The current study was conducted to know if people’s current affiliation with a religious institution but not necessarily the type of religion would affect perceived life stress and how people’s level of received emotional support in a non-longitudinal study would compare to the research done in the past. It was hypothesized that people who are affiliated with a religious institution would report significantly less perceived life stress than people who are not part of a religious institution. Furthermore, it was hypothesized that the level of agreeableness to the statement "I have emotional support from people around me,

Today I’d like to simply talk about Diabetes. Diabetes is a very serious illness that many people in the U.S. need to worry about since obesity is such a big problem. Many people in the U.S. and all over the world have this illness young and old, due to unhealthy eating habits and also non to little exercise in their everyday life. There may be other factors such as genetics and other problems that some people cannot fix.

As a result of the crisis one might feel bad about oneself, feel like a failure, or feel unable to cope because 1) have never been in the situation before 2) have found it hard to cope with a similar situation in the past 3) don 't feel in control, feel tired, worn out or unwell. People often have an emotional response to the stress of a crisis. They might feel scared, anxious, or angry. Recently my Mother lost her Mother however; she was not the one who took it the hardest. Her youngest sister is taking the crisis incredibly hard; making my mother stress about the remaining family’s emotional well being (Lamanna & Riedmann pg. 378) this family stress was consistent with the state of tension my mother was feeling.

Family is one of the hardest words to define. There are many definitions and thoughts of what a family consists of. When one accepts the definition of the census family given by Statistics Canada then a family becomes “a married couple and the children, if any… a couple living common law and the children, if any… a lone parent with at least one child living in the same dwelling… grandchild living with grandparents but no parents present… Census families can be opposite or same sex and children may be adopted, by birth, or marriage and all members must be living in the same dwelling” (Baker 2014). With family being such a difficult term to agree on, the creation of a complex study of family life emerges. The factors that influence family life are put into three theory categories; Social Structure, Interpersonal Factors, as well as Ideas, Global Culture, and Public Discourse.

Stress is a killer. There is doubt that stress can cause health problems. Daily stressors lead into major health problems. Therefore if you can manage your daily stress you can promote a healthier life. The American Medial Association defines stress, as being any disruptions of a person’s mental and physical well being. (4.) My position is that if you balance the stress in your life you can live healthier and prevent certain sicknesses.