Deck 12: Family Communication and Well-Being

Question 1

Ting Lee and his wife, Anna, want to improve their marriage. Which of the following would be least productive?

A) Have Anna read books about marriage and tell Ting Lee what they should do
B) Find self-help books or articles and discuss them together
C) Set up "couple time" to check in with each other
D) Identify trouble spots jointly and plan how to avoid them

Answer 1

A

Question 2

According to Kiecolt-Glaser and Newton, which of the following is not a reason why husbands gain greater health benefits from marriage than wives?

A) Wives tend to attempt to manage their husbands' health habits
B) Husbands are likely to make their wives their primary support system, whereas wives have many people in their support network
C) Husbands tend to be happier in their marriages than wives
D) None of the above

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which statement was not a conclusion found in follow-up research in marriage enrichment programs?

A) A strong positive change in behavior after the program but partial decline at follow-up
B) There are better outcomes for those in follow-up meetings
C) Partners who initially were negative to the program experienced little difficulty prior to or after the experience
D) Satisfied couples spoke more clearly with each other, listened empathetically, and had more positive than negative exchanges

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Family therapists are adopting approaches across cultures for which of the following reasons:

A) Different cultures have different attitudes toward marriage
B) Different cultures have different attitudes toward male and female roles.
C) Family therapists have their own personal cultural values.
D) All of the above

Question 5

The importance of family communication when coping with cancer has been supported by which of the following research findings?

A) Children whose parents used supportive communication with them during painful cancer treatments had less pain and distress than those whose parents used invalidating communication with them
B) Breast cancer patients recovered more quickly when family members talked to them and visited with them daily in the hospital
C) Cancer patients who report that they can talk openly with their family members about their illness also report less fear about their illness than patients who cannot discuss their disease openly
D) Parents of pediatric cancer patients experience less post-traumatic stress disorder if they feel they can talk openly with their child about their illness

Question 6

Vangelisti reported three of the following as communication problems in families. Which one is not a problem or as serious as the others?

A) Failure to take the other's perspective when listening
B) Blaming others for negative happenings in the family
C) Criticizing other family members
D) Teasing other family members

Question 7

Which of the following is not cited as a reason why caregivers may feel stress when caring for an ill family member?

A) Financial concerns
B) Time demands
C) Role adjustments
D) Emotional burden

Question 8

Family members may be unlikely to disclose a diagnosis of a genetic illness if

A) They're ashamed
B) The disease is life-threatening
C) The illness has expensive treatments
D) Their families typically avoid health talk

Question 9

"Don't have sex until you are married, but, if you do, use a condom," is which type of family health rule?

A) Abstinence
B) Conflicting
C) Specific
D) Contingency

Question 10

Family members may influence each other's health in the following ways:

A) Directly by encouraging health promoting behaviors
B) Directly through health rules
C) Indirectly through conflict or rigid communication cultures
D) All of the above

Question 11

Which of the following scenarios is the best example of a prevarication style of disclosure about a genetic illness?

A) Waiting until the "right moment" to disclose
B) Disclosing to one family member who notifies the rest of the family
C) Sending out a mass notification immediately
D) Withholding disclosure completely from other family members

Question 12

In circumstances of genetic conditions, issues of privacy and conflict may occur in families when:

A) Families can't afford genetic testing
B) Couples are contemplating having a child
C) One family member has genetic testing and another wants to remain unaware of genetic risks
D) Family members feel unable to handle the implications of genetic health risks

Question 13

Which of the following tend to be the impact of financial strain on families?

A) Social networks change as resources diminish
B) Couple disagreements and fighting increases
C) Parenting tends to decline
D) All of the above

Question 14

Cyberbullying includes all of the following behaviors except:

A) Rejecting a friendship request on Facebook
B) Creating offensive websites
C) Posting false rumors on social networking sites
D) Repeatedly killing a player's avatar

Question 15

Which of the following programs focuses on the goals of children's behavior and responsible parenting practices?

A) PREPARE/ENRICH
B) STEP
C) PREP
D) PAIRS

Question 16

The term "well-being" in families pertains to all of the following except:

A) Family members' ability to communicate about physical health
B) Family members' capacity to hold difficult conversations about challenging topics
C) Family members' ability to refrain from conflict or confrontations in stressful situations
D) Family members' willingness to engage in enrichment experiences to strengthen their relationships

Question 17

You decided to take a Family Communication course this semester, in part, to increase the effectiveness of your communication with your family. With which approach to improving family communication did you engage?

A) Instructional approach
B) Personal approach
C) Self-help approach
D) Therapeutic approach

Question 18

When change is attempted by some family members, it may be resisted by others who want the system to remain the same no matter how painful that may be.

Question 19

People who believe that life happens to them and that they have no ability to improve their relationships are called reactors.

Question 20

In a Marriage Encounter, the couple faces one another systematically with their feelings and issues.

Question 21

Family distress and conflict affects adults more than children in families.

Question 22

In general, married adults are healthier than unmarried adults and have lower mortality rates.

Question 23

Contingency rules about risky behaviors such as alcohol consumption and sexual activity tend to be discussed more often between parents and children than about smoking and tobacco use.

Question 24

A position of "no-tolerance" tends to be an ineffective strategy for preventing adolescent substance abuse.

Question 25

Family members often act as health care advocates for each other by attending each other's doctor's appointments.

Question 26

Children under the age of 11 do not consider the "how" or "why" of disease, so it is better to not explain it to them.

Question 27

Family "well-being" refers strictly to the psychological and mental health of family members.

Question 28

The "proband" is the first member of the family to talk about a genetic health problem with the rest of the family.

Question 29

There are often very complicated privacy rules surrounding discussions of money, even within families.

Question 30

Cross-cultural family relationships encounter differences in attitudes towards marriage, male-female roles, and the significance of extended families.