Week 8 November 11-15

This week in family relations we discussed what the family does when it is under stress. Some of these things that we discussed were the ABCX model and the way that the family can cope.

There are two ways to classify a hardship in your life. One is a stressor which is an event that doesn't necessitate the need for a role change or other change within the family. A crisis is an event that does necessitate a need for a change within a family. When your family goes into a crisis we can use the ABCX model developed by Hill to understand it better and grow from it.

A- Actual event
B- Both resources and responses to them.
C- Cognition
X- Total Experience

First as the model shows you have your event then you look at all your resources. But if you don't use a resource or don't feel comfortable using the resource then it is as if you didn't have that resource at all. Next in the cognition which means what you are thinking about regarding the event and your attitude towards it. X is the total experience all of those things but together.

 So we have established your event and how you think about it but what do we do about it? How do we cope?
To cope means to make fine, precise and careful adjustments in your life that will make everyone and everything better than it was before the crisis.