Typology of Stressors
True or false: Not all stress has the same impact on couples.
What is true?
What is your favourite model and why?
What is the name given to stress experienced by couples?
What is dyadic stress?
Give an example of a major vs minor stressor
What is _______
What kind of stress does the ABC-X Theory focus on? (Hint: Major or minor)
What is major stress?
True or false: stress defined as a social phenomenon
What is "true"?
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?
What were the two main types of stress models discussed in the paper
What is family and couples' stress?
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?
What does locus of stress refer to?
What is external vs. internal stress?
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:
How does knowledge of dyadic stress help couples?
What is ______?
(Prevention, therapy, etc.)
What are the three dimensions that impact the severity of stress in couples and individuals?
What is locus, intensity, and duration?
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?
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).