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| non-accidental injurt of a child by a parent or other responsible caretaker |
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| attempts to shape, control,and evaluate child's attitudes and behaviors... value obedience to their authority.. favor punitive, forceful disciplinary methods |
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| nurturing and relies on positive reinforcement rather than punishment.. control over child is achieved through awareness of child's feelings, thoughts, and developmental capabilities.. balance of demandingness and responsiveness |
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| little or no control over the child's behavior.. children are given great deal of personal freedom and few restrictions |
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| harming of a child through the lack of either proper care or adequate supervision |
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| aka parental warmth/supportiveness... refers to the extent to which parents intentionally foster individuality, self-regulation, and self-assertion by being attuned and supportive to children's special needs and demands |
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| aka behavioral control... refers to the expectations parents have for their children to become integrated into the family whole, by their maturity demands, supervision, disciplinary efforts and willingness to confront children who disobey |
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| attempts on the part of the parent to control the child by intruding into the psychological and emotional development of the child through the use of practives such as guilt induction, withdrawal of love, or shaming |
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| characterized by neglect and permissiveness.. children are given no clearly defined rules for behavior and receive little or no attention |
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| period of the family life cycle occurring after all the children have left home to live on their own |
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| situation in which middle-aged adults are responsible for simultaneously meeting the needs of their own dependent children and those of their aging frail parents |
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| period of the family life cycle that begins with the departure of the first child from the home and ends when all the children have left home to live on their own |
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| situation that results when adult children who have been launched from the family return home to live with their parents |
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| reduced speed in responding to stimuli and the sensory changes in vision, hearing, taste, touch, and smell that accompany the aging process |
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| condition brought on by a decline in health status that stresses the relationships between aging spouses and between adult children and their aging parents |
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| role transition that is discussed in the context of the later-life family because of the birth of grandchildren symbolically signifies a shift in centrality and power from the aging generation to the middle generation within the family hierarchy |
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| both a physical withdrawal from paid employment and a psychological reorientation of the importance of work to one's identity |
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| emotional reliving of a person's death each year around the time that the death occurred |
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| emotional response to a death felt throughout the family system, producing stress and altering relationships even among family members who are emotionally removed from the deceased |
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| cognitive understanding of a death that helps the family to accept the pain of the loss and makes it possible for the family to evolve a new perspective that reestablishes a positive sense of control, fairness, and trust in the future |
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| when a child is conceived to take the place of the deceased family member, or when a surviving child is affirmed for traits that remind parents of a deceased child |
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| unrecognized or unsanctioned grief |
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| grief that exists even though society does not recognize one's need, right, or capacity to grieve |
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| role transition brought on by the death of a spouse |
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| the fourth and final transition of the divorce process, during which the family clarifies its new internal and external boundaries, redefines its indentity, stabilizes its emotional environment, and reestablishes strategies for managing the newly created household |
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| first transition of the divorce proces, which begins when a spouse first realizes that he or she is feeling dissatisfied or distressed in the marriage |
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| when both parents continue to be parents to all of their children despite a divorce |
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| when one or both parents in a marriage-like relationship believe that the relationship suffers from serious, long-standing problems that threaten the stability of the relationship |
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| third transition of the divorce process, which occurs when one spouse moves out of the home |
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| when one parent assumes complete responsibility for child care with the other parent generally receiving visitation rights and responsibility for child support |
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| when one parent has legal and physical custody of one or more children, and the other parent has legal and physical custody of one or more other children |
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| courtship and preparation |
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| initial stage in the process of remarriage that provides time to resolve issues related to the earlier divorce of one or both parnters and a gradual introduction of the new stepparent into the present single-parent system |
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| second stage of the process of remarriage beginning immediately after the remarriage during which the system typically remains divided primarily along biological lines |
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| lack of norms and institutional supports for stepfamilies |
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| fourth and final stage of the remarriage process, marked by a greater sense of shared intimacy and authenticity in family relationships.. restructuring is now complete |
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| a remarried family system that includes the households of both biological parents/relatives/steprelatives |
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| third stage of remarriage process during which the structure of the family will gradually undergo change |
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| family in which one or both spouses have been married previously |
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| family in which one or both partners bring children into the household, resulting in the presence of both biological and nonbiological parents |
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