Deck 9: Family Discord: Power, Conflict, and Violence

Question 1

Explain the four basic rules for keeping family fighting safe.

Answer 1

(1) no violence, abusive language, ambushing,
(2) make an appointment to talk (specific time, place, and issue),
(3) no engaging in disagreement when tired or hungry, (4) cool off before talking.

Question 2

Explain two physical and two emotional and psychological outcomes for those suffering or witnessing family violence.

Answer 2

(a) Physical injuries include: short and long term health effects e.g., broken bones, cuts, bruises, arthritis, chronic neck or back pain, stomach ulcers, stammering, visual disorders, frequent headaches, altered brain growth,
(b) depression, anxiety, poor social skills, low self-esteem, suicidal thoughts, and/or post-traumatic stress disorder

Question 3

Compare and contrast "intimate terrorism" and "situational couple violence."

Answer 3

Intimate terrorism occurs when one partner aims to control the other partner through use of power and control strategies including physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, economic abuse, threats, intimidation and/or isolation. Situational couple violence is physical violence that is not a pattern to control or overpower but occurs when conflict escalates into violence.

Question 4

Outline an example of how "social locations" impacts family violence.

Question 5

Outline two of the four strategies that the Futures Without Violence organization proposed to prevent violence in families.
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Question 6

Family scholars discuss power between couples in terms of six expressions. For example, being trusted for making good decision is ______ power.

A) Reward
B) Coercive
C) Referent
D) Informational

Question 7

Intimate couples who build and enhance reciprocity and fairness within their relationships exhibit the following behaviors EXCEPT

A) Attunement
B) Denial of power issues
C) Connectedness with partner
D) Negotiation of decisions

Question 8

Balancing family power requires all of the following EXCEPT.

A) Interfamily dependence
B) Communication
C) Tolerance of opinions
D) Emotional support

Question 9

According to recent literature, married couples listed ______ more frequently than money as a common source of marital conflict.

A) Family household chores
B) Partner's shifting career demands and opportunities
C) Their children
D) Chronic illness

Question 10

Basic rules for keeping family fighting safe include all EXCEPT

A) Avoid violence
B) Making an appointment to talk (specific time, place, and issue)
C) No engaging in the disagreement when tired or hungry
D) Begin the disagreement without waiting for things to cool off

Question 11

Poly-victimization means

A) When several family members experience similar abuse
B) When an entire community experiences a similar form of abuse
C) When an individual experiences multiple forms of abuse
D) When an individual experiences one form of abuse multiple times

Question 12

The Center for Family Policy and Practice identified welfare reform issues that may increase family violence including

A) Impacts of underemployment and lack of health care
B) Rigid paternity laws
C) Inadequate knowledge of impact of work requirements
D) All of the above

Question 13

Childhood problems emerging from child maltreatment and endangerment include _____ problems

A) Cognitive and attitudinal
B) Behavioral and emotional
C) Tolerance for violence
D) All of the above

Question 14

Through the use of ______ children learn boundaries, judgment, sufficiency, and self-conduct

A) Discipline
B) Punishment
C) Corporate punishment
D) None of the above

Question 15

Intimate partner violence is actual or threatened physical or sexual violence or psychological and emotional abuse directed toward

A) Partners or spouses
B) Children
C) Siblings,
D) All of the above

Question 16

Violence that occurs when one partner aims to control the other partner through the use of a wide range of power and control strategies is termed

A) Intimate terrorism
B) Situational couple violence
C) Partner abuse
D) None of the above

Question 17

Violence that is not a pattern to control or overpower but occurs when conflict escalates into violence is termed

A) Intimate terrorism
B) Situational couple violence
C) Partner abuse
D) None of the above

Question 18

A leading contributor to the global burden of mental health problems for young women is

A) Drug abuse
B) Intimate partner violence
C) Classism
D) None of the above

Question 19

Social views of who are "worthy victims" in cases of intimate partner violence include all EXCEPT

A) Heterosexual men
B) Gay men
C) Heterosexual women
D) Lesbians

Question 20

___ percent of siblings report at least one violent sibling-to-sibling incident per year.

A) 25
B) 50
C) 75
D) 100

Question 21

Factors identified as increasing the risk of elder abuse include the following EXCEPT

A) Caregiver stress and overload
B) Social isolation of caregiver
C) Intergenerational violence
D) Elder independency

Question 22

Mass violence includes violent experiences associated with

A) War
B) Terrorism
C) a and b
D) None of the above

Question 23

Family researchers report that children who experience or witness family violence are at higher risk of engaging in parental abuse. This concept is termed _______ transmission of violence.

A) Generational
B) Multiple generational
C) Bi-generational
D) Intergenerational

Question 24

The intersections of gender, race, class, and sexuality inequalities is termed social

A) Location
B) Status
C) Worth
D) Rating