Defining Crisis
Name______
A crisis is the moment or ______in a situation. Your ______of a crisis situation is influenced by ______of your ______. What may be a major crisis in one family may not be perceived as a in another.
Six Characteristics of Crisis
- Suddenly - A crisis hits and without ______.
It is the element of that makes a crisis different from all other challenges that life will present.
2. Security - A crisis threatens ______.
It can threaten a person’s physical, psychological, emotional, ______or well-being.
Crisis situations cause us to ______because we might lose something very precious- something that has given structure, meaning and ______.
- Unpredictable - The resolution of a crisis is
. There is an element of uncertainty in all heartbreaks. We simply do not know ______. We like to believe that we can weather any storm; but in our quiet moments we wonder whether______. Some crises will be ; others will proceed over ______and sometimes an entire ______.
- Questions – A crisis presents major questions. The questions arise because there are not ______- ______to difficult problems. Time is the best healer in a crisis situation. This is the time______, loved ones, family members and others who can help.
- Self-confidence - A crisis self- ______.
The sudden impact of a negative event reminds us that life is fragile. The unpredictability of the outcome leaves us unsettled. Questions create . The net result is that there may be an about that wasn’t present before the crisis
- Values - A crisis helps us redefine______.
There is a good side about a crisis experience. Most people, as they ______on the difficult period in their lives, will ______that some good came out of it.
And in spite of the anger, bitterness, and even self-doubt, he/she is able to move onto a new era of his/her lives
Categorizing Crisis
- Lifespan - Lifespan crisis are that you are more likely to due to age.
•Older people are more likely to experience a friends death than someone whom is middle aged.
•Another example is that older adults and teens are at greater risk for suicide than other age groups.
2. Situational Crisis – crises that you have to have a ______to experience the crisis.
•You cannot experience divorce if you are not married. However, do you think by living with someone instead of marrying them will make the loss any less if the relationship doesn’t work out?
•Another example is that you cannot experience a car accident if you are no where near a car.
Life events that change or have the potential to produce change in the family cause stress- which are called ______.
Whether stress leads to a crisis depends on the following four factors:
•The itself
• of stressful events experienced at the same time
•How the identifies and interprets the event
• available to manage the stressful event
Crisis-producing life events
(1) events that cause a great loss
•Events that cause great losses are more likely to lead to crises than events that cause small losses
(2) stressful events that widely impact members
•A stressful event that affects several or all the members in a family is very likely to produce a crisis
(3) Sudden events
•When an event is unexpected, the family has no time to prepare for the change. If they have no previous experience with such a change, they often feel the situation is out of control.
(4) Events requiring major ______
•Events that require little or no change are less likely to result in crises than events that require major adjustments
Pileup Effect
•Crises can result when several occur at the same time, or one after another
•Each event in itself is small to produce a significant loss
•Each may not affect all the family members
•Changes may be and occur slowly
•Small changes do not have the characteristics of ______- ______events
•The stress from each event continues to build, producing a______EFFECT
•End result is a crisis
Can you think of an example?
•Ex:
•The from poor grades on a test,
•An with a friend,
•______with parents,
•And from peers
How Crises Affect the Family
- An ______crisis can be a crisis for the family
- Every member in a family ______every other member
- When a member is unable to ,
the whole family can be negatively affected
Family System Becomes Unbalanced
•Family is functioning smoothly =______
•Each member carries out his/her______
•Family works ______to meet the needs of each member
•Family able to fulfill its ______in each member’s life
•In a crisis, one or more ______disrupt balance
•Individual family members are unable to fulfill their______.
•Suddenly, family is not functioning ______as a unit
•Family needs time, ______, and support as it works to adjust to the changes and restore balance
The grieving process
•When family members loss, even though small, they go through a grieving process
•When they are able to and accept their feeling, they will be able to handle then and go on with their lives
•When loss occurs, family members pass through certain emotional ______:
• - “Is this really happening… to me!”
• – “Why is this happening to us?”
• - “What did we do to cause or deserve this?”
•Blame/Bargaining/Depression
• - “This happened to our family and we are sad, but we can and will move on.”
Unhealthy Patterns
•If the family does not adjust, patterns may develop
•Feelings of anger, , and guilt will continue
•Members may feel , stop eating, withdraw from others, or fail to show up at work
•They may alcohol or other drugs to cover up their feelings
•They may out and abuse other family members
•Responding to crises with unhealthy behavior ______may hinder the growth and development of family members and cause serious long-term results
•Developing skills for a family crisis is important for all family members