Which family theory explains how families react to stressful events and suggests factors that promote adaptation to these events?

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Family stress theory explains the reaction of families to stressful events.In addition,the theory helps suggest factors that promote adaptation to the stress.Stressors,both positive and negative,are cumulative and affect the family.Adaptation requires a change in family structure or interaction.Interactional theory is not a family theory.Interactions are the basis of general systems theory.Erikson's theory applies to individual growth and development,not families.Developmental systems theory is an outgrowth of Duvall's theory.The family is described as a small group,a semiclosed system of personalities that interact with the larger cultural system.Changes do not occur in one part of the family without changes in others.

Which Family Theory Explains How Families React to Stressful Events