hdfs exam #3 vocab

Verbal Communication

The 'what' of the message.

Nonverbal Communication

The 'how' of the message.

Effective Communication

Agreement between verbal and nonverbal communication.

Gottman’s 4 Horsemen

Contempt, Defensiveness, Criticism, Stonewall.

Power

Influence one partner has over decisions, behaviors, and dynamics within the relationship.

Positional Power

Based on role/status.

Personal Power

Based on personal attributes.

Relational Power

How power shifts based on interaction.

Conflict

Differences in needs, values, expectations, etc.

Constructive Conflict

Leads to growth and understanding through listening/compromise.

Destructive Conflict

Escalates tension through blame, criticism and defensiveness.

Competing

Prioritizing one’s own needs over others at the expense of collaboration.

Accommodating

Putting others needs first to maintain harmony.

Avoiding

Ignoring conflict to prevent tension but hinder resolution.

Compromising

Seeking middle ground for mutual solution.

Collaborating

Focus on fully addressing all concerns through open discussion.

Intimacy

Closeness and connection that partners feel.

Time Poverty

People feel that they do not have enough time to do everything.

Work Spillover

Effect work has on individuals and families.

Family-To-Work Spillover

Effect family has on work.

Mental Load

Invisible behind the scenes labor that helps manage the household.

Joint Finances

Completely shared accounts.

Split Finances

Completely separate accounts.

Equal Splitting

Money for shared expenses goals to joint accounts, rest is separate.

Violence

Act with the intention of causing pain to another person.

Abuse

Includes nonviolent acts of pain.

Individualistic Explanations

Violence may be related to mental health disorders, drug abuse, etc.

Ecological Model

Culture approves of violence and doesn’t support families, leading to violence.

Feminist Model

Gender inequality and cultural concepts of masculinity cause violence.

Social Stress and Social Learning

Structural stress and cultural norms contribute to family violence.

Social-Exchange

Costs of being violent do not outweigh rewards.

Emotional Abuse

Threats/coercion, intimidation, controlling a person, etc.

Intimate Partner Violence

Physical, sexual, or emotional harm by a current/former partner.

Situational Couple Violence

Violence that erupts during a heated situation.

Intimate Terrorism

One partner tries to dominate and control the other.

Violent Resistance

Self defense violence.

Mutual Violent Control

Both partners try to violently control each other.

Sexual Violence

Forces sex acts against a person's will.

Stalking

Harassing or threatening behavior.

Neglect

Absence of care.

Child Abuse

Intentional physical/emotional injury to a child.

Sibling Abuse

Abuse between siblings.

Elder Abuse

Abuse to an elder person.

Annulment

Marriage is deemed to have never met the legal definition of marriage.

Fault-Based Divorce

One partner is blamed for divorce.

No-Fault Divorce

No partner is blamed for divorce.

Uncoupling

Process of separation.

Emotional Divorce

When one or both partners disengage from marriage.

Legal Divorce

Court ordered termination of marriage.

Economic Divorce

Dividing property, money and resources.

Co-Parental Divorce

Dealing with issues of child custody and support.

Community Divorce

Dealing with ex in-laws and friends.

Psychic Divorce

When one feels like a separate individual after a marriage.

Proximal Causes

Experiences in daily life that raise chance of divorce.

Distal Causes

Background characteristics that raise chance of divorce.

Binuclear Family

Post divorce family with two nuclear families.

Blended Families

Remarried families or step-families.