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According to Figley, a_________ is cognitive understanding of the death that helps the family to accept the pain of the loss and make it possible for the family to evolve a new perspective that reestablishes a positive sense of control, fairness, and trust in the future.

A) myth
B) healing theory
C) metaframework
D) world view

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Which of the following statements most accurately describes the impact of loss on the family system?

A) The death of a family member is really the only major type of loss that seriously impacts upon the family's development and choice of strategies.
B) Most families never recover from the death of a family member
C) The loss of a parent's job, loss of the family's home due to a poor economy or a natural disaster, the loss of a family member's physical health, or the loss of one's physical mobility, are all examples of losses that can alter a family's developmental course and require adjustments in its choice of strategies.
D) Loss and bereavement are handled by most families in the same way

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Parents who have difficulty coming to terms with the loss of a young child may enlist another sibling to assume the identity or characteristics of the deceased child. This is referred to as

Which of the following has NOT been identified by research as being helpful to parents who are coping with the death of a child?

In contrast to "expected deaths", deaths that defy the accepted views on life expectancy such as the early death of a parent, the death of a young spouse, or the death of a child are generally referred to as ___________.

Following the death of a spouse during later life most widowed women

The term that best describes unresolved previous losses that pileup and disrupt effective family functioning in the present is

Which of the following is NOT considered an important task for bereaved families to complete?

There is often an expectation within the family for a young widowed spouse to

Whose death is most likely to occur for a sudden or traumatic reason such as auto accident, drug overdose, suicide, homicide, or terminal illness?

__________-generally occurs when a death is gradual and expected, as in the case of a chronic illness, and it can greatly ease the intensity and duration of grief following a death.

__________is grief that exists even though society does not recognize one's need, right, or capacity to grieve.

Which of the following is NOT a helpful strategy for families to use in helping their young child cope with the premature death of the other parent?

According to the text, the family's response to a death is determined in part by the position the deceased held in terms of their functional role within the family and the degree of emotional dependence the family had on the individual. This is referred to as

Which of the following does NOT help to explain why miscarriages, stillbirths, and abortions are especially difficult for young couples to grieve?

Which of the following is NOT an accurate statement regarding how families cope with death?

__________are the emotional responses to a family member's death that are felt throughout the family system producing stress and altering relationships even among family members who were emotionally removed from the deceased.

is an emotional reliving of the person's death, each year, around the same time that the death occurred.

Efforts to protect children or other vulnerable family members by withholding information about the death is likely to

The final task that families must complete in order to adapt to the loss of a family member is