A husband brings his children in to visit their mother in the hospital.The nurse asks how the family is getting along at home without their mom around.The husband states,"None of her jobs are getting done,and I don't do those jobs,so the house and the kids are falling apart." The nurse suspects that this family structure is which of the following?

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A rigid structure specifically dictates who is able to accomplish a task and may limit the number of people outside the immediate family who assume these tasks.A crisis-proof,or effective,family can integrate the need for stability with the need for growth and change;has a flexible structure for task performances;and is receptive to help from outside the family system while maintaining a sense of strength and stability.An effective family exerts influence on the immediate environment of home,neighbourhood,and school,whereas a crisis-prone family may lack,or believe it lacks,control over these environments.An extremely open or very flexible structure also presents problems for the family in that consistent patterns of behaviour do not exist and enactment of roles is overly flexible.Hardiness is the internal strength and durability of the family unit characterized by a sense of control over the outcome of life and an active rather than passive orientation in adapting to stressful events.

A Husband Brings His Children in to Visit Their Mother