Title: Identify indicators and outcomes of family stress, conflict, and crisis.
Course: Family Relations (19259-36) > Section: Dealing with Family Stress, Conflict, and Crisis

Identification should include

- classifying indicators as physical, emotional, social, or intellectual
- listing symptoms of families under stress
- listing consequences of long-term, unmanaged stress
- listing healthy responses to stress
- providing examples of resiliency within stress, conflict, or crisis.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- Why is it important to be aware of stress indicators?
- What are examples of stress indicators?
- What is resiliency?
- What are some healthy ways to manage stress?
- How can communication help a person experiencing a crisis?
- What is toxic stress?
- How can positive stress be a motivator?

Communication

- Which signs or indicators of stress have you seen in family members?
- What are ways that family members communicate their feelings when under stress?
- How does conflict affect communication?
- How can stress affect families in positive ways?
- What are the negative consequences on communication during a family crisis?
- What are some examples of toxic stress; how can it affect short-term and long-term health?

Leadership

- What can be done to lessen the effects of stress?
- How does unmanaged stress affect family members at home? At work? In the community?
- How does stress spread from one member to the family as a whole?
- What are the apparent signs that someone is under stress?
- Why is it important to be sensitive to others who are displaying signs of stress?
- How can resiliency be demonstrated?

Management

- What are some examples of crises faced by families?
- What resources can families use to deal with a crisis?
- What management skills can help when dealing with the consequences of stress?
- How can stress change throughout the family life cycle?