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The Family Stress Model (FSM) posits that economic disadvantage creates economic pressure for caregivers, which has a detrimental effect on their personal mental health, then parenting practices, and hence the well-being of children and adolescents. It grew out of research efforts to understand how economic disadvantage impacts family processes.
There are several questionnaires used to assess environmental and psychosocial stress. Such self-report measures include the Test of Negative Social Exchange, [17] the Marital Adjustment Test, [18] the Risky Families Questionnaire, [19] the Holmes–Rahe Stress Inventory, [20] the Trier Inventory for the Assessment of Chronic Stress, [21] the Daily Stress Inventory, [22] the Job Content ...
In this model, stress results from appraising oneself and one's circumstances through a mental filter of insecurity and negativity, whereas a feeling of well-being results from approaching the world with a "quiet mind". [10] [11] This theory deposits that moods fluctuate and cannot be changed by a specific pattern of thinking.
An additional aspect to consider is the detrimental impact climate change can have on green or blue natural spaces, which have been proven to have beneficial impact on mental health. [ 116 ] [ 117 ] Impacts of anthropogenic climate change, such as freshwater pollution or deforestation , degrade these landscapes and reduce public access to them ...
Hans Selye defined stress as “the nonspecific (that is, common) result of any demand upon the body, be the effect mental or somatic.” [5] This includes the medical definition of stress as a physical demand and the colloquial definition of stress as a psychological demand. A stressor is inherently neutral meaning that the same stressor can ...
FOCUS for Military Families, designed to address the stress of an increased operational tempo and multiple deployments on military families, [5] is currently offered at 18 U.S. military sites. [6] FOCUS offers several adaptations of the intervention, each of which uses the same core set of skills and the creation of a family narrative to assist ...
Social isolation is a state of complete or near-complete lack of contact between an individual and society. It differs from loneliness, which reflects temporary and involuntary lack of contact with other humans in the world. [1] Social isolation can be an issue for individuals of any age, though symptoms may differ by age group. [2]
Children in families who experience persistent financial hardships and poverty have significantly impaired cognitive abilities compared to those in families who do not face these issues. [207] Poverty can also cause a number of other factors shown to effect child development, such as poor academic success, less family involvement, iron ...