A crisis is a critical change or event that disrupts family functioning. All families face a

crisis at one time or another. Discuss the various types of crises, stress, and the

relationship between crisis and stress. What are the phases of crises and how do the various

models, such as the ABC-X model, explain how families cope with ongoing stress? Finally,

incorporate a healthy discussion of violence among intimates in your paper, including a

discussion of the Conflict Tactics Scale and the multiple explanations for violence, elder

violence, rape, incest, and sexual deviance. Resources: The National Coalition Against Domestic

Violence at http://www.ncadv.org/, National Center on Elder Abuse at

http://www.ncea.aoa.gov/ncearoot/Main_Site/index.aspx, National Center for Missing and

Exploited Children at www.missingkids.com.

*I have to use those three websites as sources listed in the topic section and the textbook

“Exploring Marriage&Families” by Karen Seccombe (ISBN-13:978-0-205-71779-8)

So a total of four sources

Instructions:
The 10-12 page paper
The paper must follow the same conventions as the Reflections (name on the top RIGHT with

Section number.) Do not include a header on every page. The paper is expected to be no less

than 10 pages and should include at least 10 concepts (bolded) from the text and include TWO

theoretical analyses of your topic. You should juxtapose how each theory would approach your

paper subject.
I recommend you write the paper first, then go through and highlight the concepts, rather than

going through the book “looking for” concepts to write about. Since you’re pursuing a topic of

interest to you, the concepts should already be in your head. If this is not the case, you

should reconsider what to write about. If this doesn’t work, look for a topic in the index that

is interesting to you and then write your initial thoughts about it. From there, you should see

the development of your paper begin to take root.
Your sources should come from the TEXT and the External Links ONLY; therefore, you will list up

to THREE External Links in your DB. (This is not a traditional research paper in that sense.)
Remember to use quotation marks when you are quoting directly from the text or paraphrasing

what the author has said. I am hoping to see your fully developed, sociologically influenced

ideas in your paper, not a word for word account of what the author said. Your scientific

sociological interpretation is what I want to see. Under NO circumstances should you use

Wikipedia or “about.com” – these are not scientific sources and I will issue a zero on any

paper which includes these sources.
Do not fill your paper with definitions of concepts – I want to see you apply the concepts, not

define them.