REACH Dictionary
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The ABCX Model of Family Stress is a framework of the family's experience of and reactions to a stressor event. In the model, A represents a stressor event that provokes change in the family system. B is the family's resources and personal strengths. C is the family's perception of the importance and impact of the event. Both B and C influence the family's response to the stressor event. X represents a crisis, in which family processes are immobilized as a result of the stressor event.
Individuals with ADHD/ADD can have difficulties with paying attention, acting impulsively, and overactivity where it intereferes with everyday life.
Johns Hopkins Medicine. (n.d.). Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children. John Hopkins University and Medicine. Retreived July, 18 2022 from https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/adhdadd
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Health (Mental and Physical)
3 Abstract
An abstract is the summary at the beginning of a research article that typically includes the purpose of the research, the methods used, and major findings.
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“Individuals accepted into the military, also called recruits.”
Blaisure, K. R., Saathoff-Wells, T., Pereira, A., MacDermid Wadsworth, S., & Dombro, A. L. (2015). Serving military families - theories, research, and application. Taylor & Francis Ltd.
“A military assignment to an overseas location that includes the service member’s family.”
Blaisure, K. R., Saathoff-Wells, T., Pereira, A., MacDermid Wadsworth, S., & Dombro, A. L. (2015). Serving military families - theories, research, and application. Taylor & Francis Ltd.
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Military
“The portion of the U.S. military forces comprised of full-time active duty members in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force.”
Blaisure, K. R., Saathoff-Wells, T., Pereira, A., MacDermid Wadsworth, S., & Dombro, A. L. (2015). Serving military families - theories, research, and application. Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Active duty status refers to "full-time duty in the active military service of the United States, including active duty or full-time training duty in the Reserve Component."
Active Guard and Reserve includes "National Guard and Reserve members who are on voluntary active duty providing full-time support to National Guard, Reserve, and Active Component organizations for the purpose of organizing, administering, recruiting, instructing, or training the Reserve Components."
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Military
An umbrella term for various listening skills, including paraphrasing, asking clarifying questions, and validating their partner’s perspective during communication
Taft, C. T., Murphy, C. M., & Creech, S. K. (2016). Introduction. In C. T. Taft, C. M. Murphy, & S. K. Creech, Trauma-informed treatment and prevention of intimate partner violence (p. 3–12). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/14918-001
APIM is a model of dyadic relationships within the context of interdependence, wherein one partner's emotion, cognition, and/or behavior impact the other's, that allows researchers to estimate individual and dyadic factors.