Typology of Stressors
Theoretical Models
Definition of Stress in Couples
100

True or false: Not all stress has the same impact on couples.

What is true?

100

What is your favourite model and why?

What is ______?
100

What is the name given to stress experienced by couples?

What is dyadic stress?

200

Give an example of a major vs minor stressor

What is _______

200

What kind of stress does the ABC-X Theory focus on? (Hint: Major or minor)

What is major stress?

200

True or false: stress defined as a social phenomenon

What is "true"?

300

What is the main difference between acute and chronic stress?

What is the duration of time within which the couples are exposed to the stressor?

300

What were the two main types of stress models discussed in the paper

What is family and couples' stress?

300

What is indirect versus direct stress?

What is stress of one partner that spills over to the close relationship and affects both partners versus being confronted by the same stressful event?

400

What does locus of stress refer to?

What is external vs. internal stress?

400

The stress divorce model focuses on minor stressors, what are some of the negative outcomes of exposure to minor stress (Hint: There are 4)

What is:

  • Decrease quality of communication
  • Increase of psychological/physical problems
  • Increase of problematic personality traits
  • Decrease time spent together
400

How does knowledge of dyadic stress help couples?

What is ______? 

(Prevention, therapy, etc.)

500

What are the three dimensions that impact the severity of stress in couples and individuals?

What is locus, intensity, and duration?

500

What models focus on minor stresses? (Hint: There are 2 and it's not the ABC-X model)

What is the stress-divorce model and the vulnerability stress adaptation model?

500

Dyadic stress can be classified among three dimensions...what are they? (Hint: dir___ vs. ind___, or__in, t_me).

What is the way each partner is affected by the stressful event (i.e., directly or indirectly), the origin of stress (i.e., whether it originates from inside or outside of the couple), and (c) the time sequence (at what moment in the coping process each partner becomes involved).

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