Ch. 9 crisis intervention
Crisis - correct answer ✔A sudden event in one's life that disturbs
homeostasis, during which usual coping mechanisms cannot resolve the
problem
Three factors that determine whether an individual will experience crisis due
to a stressor - correct answer ✔1. The individual's perception of the event.
2. The availability of situational supports
3. The availability of adequate coping mechanisms.
Dispositional crisis - correct answer ✔An acute response to an external
situational stressor
Crisis of anticipated life transitions: - correct answer ✔Normal life-cycle
transition that may be anticipated but over which the individual may feel a lack
of control
Crisis resulting from traumatic stress: - correct answer ✔Precipitated by an
unexpected, external stressor over which the individual has little or no control,
and from which he or she feels emotionally overwhelmed and defeated
Maturational/developmental crisis: - correct answer ✔Occurs in response to
a situation that triggers emotions related to unresolved conflicts in one's life
Crisis reflecting psychopathology: - correct answer ✔An emotional crisis in
which preexisting psychopathology has been instrumental in precipitating the
crisis, or in which psychopathology significantly impairs or complicates
adaptive resolution
Crisis - correct answer ✔A sudden event in one's life that disturbs
homeostasis, during which usual coping mechanisms cannot resolve the
problem
Three factors that determine whether an individual will experience crisis due
to a stressor - correct answer ✔1. The individual's perception of the event.
2. The availability of situational supports
3. The availability of adequate coping mechanisms.
Dispositional crisis - correct answer ✔An acute response to an external
situational stressor
Crisis of anticipated life transitions: - correct answer ✔Normal life-cycle
transition that may be anticipated but over which the individual may feel a lack
of control
Crisis resulting from traumatic stress: - correct answer ✔Precipitated by an
unexpected, external stressor over which the individual has little or no control,
and from which he or she feels emotionally overwhelmed and defeated
Maturational/developmental crisis: - correct answer ✔Occurs in response to
a situation that triggers emotions related to unresolved conflicts in one's life
Crisis reflecting psychopathology: - correct answer ✔An emotional crisis in
which preexisting psychopathology has been instrumental in precipitating the
crisis, or in which psychopathology significantly impairs or complicates
adaptive resolution
