ipl-logo

Explain The Six Stages Of A Family Interview

785 Words4 Pages

After I reviewed all the stages for an interview, I figured that I would be comfortable with all of the six stages. I know that I will be comfortable with all of them because my interviewee will be somebody I am very familiar with. It is not going to be uncomfortable or intimidating to conduct an interview with someone you know. In the case where it is somebody that I was not familiar with then I would use the first stage. I would be most comfortable with the arrival stage because it involves small talk. Using small talk allows the interviewer and interviewee to get acquainted with one another. It is a way to get to know each other and get comfortable in a short period of time. It can make the interview less tense and nerve wrecking. On the other hand, I think ending the interview may be a little challenging. I would …show more content…

The family experienced many stressor events that can be broken down to the ABC-X model. The first family’s stressors was their infertility issue. They were finally able to have babies because of using infertitliy treatment. Then, their twins bought on more family’s stressors because of their premature births. Their premature births led to different health issues. The birth of the twins caused a stressor on their son, Billy, because he received less attention. The family used many different resources to deal with the family’s stressors. Marsha’s parents help with taking care of the babies because they live close by. Also, their other friends and families help Marsha during the day with the babies. The family would also turn to prayer as a resource. Overall, the family is doing a good job with copying with the family’s stressors. They are both remaining optimistic and very happy about being parent’s. The fact that they were able to stay joyous and positive defined their situation. The Peabody family successfully dealt with all of the stressors by using their resources and supporting each

Show More
Related

  • Summary Of Obasan Joy Kogawa

    1467 Words  | 6 Pages

    Both of her guardians attempt to make the best of their situation and protect the children from sorrow. However, the Nakane family’s lifestyle

    Read More

  • The Other Wes Moore: Literary Analysis

    941 Words  | 4 Pages

    Can two young boys with similar backgrounds grow up to be two completely different men? The Other Wes Moore book, by Wes Moore (the author) takes us on a journey back to his child-hood as well as the child-hood of young men with the same name. Wes Moore (the author) describes on The Other Wes Moore book, how these two young men grew up just nearby each other, both surrounded by drugs and crime in a bad environment. Wes Moore (the author) was first Rhodes Scholar of John Hopkins in fifteen years, a combat veteran and white house fellow. Whereas the other Wes Moore was a drug dealer and spending his life in prison.

    Read More

  • Stress Events In The Ramirez Family

    1993 Words  | 8 Pages

    The first area is making meaning of adversity. Lisa admitted to feeling alone at times, but for the most part there was a strong sense of coherence and trust. One coping mechanism was Millie used was counseling with her children about their father’s care. A powerful example of this came late one evening when Jose insisted on being taken to the emergency room. He felt something was wrong and wanted to go immediately.

    Read More

  • Jon Krakauer's Argument Analysis

    860 Words  | 4 Pages

    Through digging deeper the readers know learned what is was like growing up in the McCandless household. Chris McCandless and his sister, Carine, lived with Walt McCandless, their father, and Billie McCandless, their mother, in Virginia. Carine McCandless explains how their parents, “[...W]orked all the time,” (Krakauker 107) and how it was very stressful for them, because their parents had just started their own consulting firm. Chris and Carine McCandless became very close when growing up because they, “[...L]earned to count on each other when Mom and Dad weren 't getting along,” (Krakauer 107). McCandless was very protective of his sister and would hold her hand, and he even waited for her after school so they could walk home together.

    Read More

  • Family Interview Paper

    2101 Words  | 9 Pages

    Final Paper The person I chose to interview for this final paper was my mother, Peggy. I am going to start with providing a brief social history on her. Peggy was born on October 29, 1940 to my grandparents, Marie and John. She is the second of six children, and was raised in Philadelphia.

    Read More

  • Analysis Of Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been?

    208 Words  | 1 Pages

    The main problem that the family face is Connie. Examples can be seen with the relationship Connie has with her parents. Let begin with the mother, "her mother who noticed everything and knew everything and who hadn't much reason any

    Read More

  • Examples Of Cluster Criticism

    1876 Words  | 8 Pages

    They didn’t know what to do when they found out that she was pregnant; they were young, they didn’t have any money, they were scared, they didn’t want to tell anybody, they didn’t know what to do, and the only option that they could see was to terminate the pregnancy. So that’s what they decided to do… they went to a clinic, they had the procedure done, and at first they felt relieved that all their problems had gone away. But then something happened that they did not expect… and that’s over the next few weeks, which turned into a few months, they began to feel an intense sadness… and a pain and an agony and a guilt that wouldn’t go away. They didn’t know what to do, so they finally went to see a counselor; they said look — tell us what to do, we just don’t know, and the counselor made a suggestion. The counselor said here’s what you need to do — stop acting like you had a procedure, and act like you had a death in the family.”

    Read More

  • The Importance Of Parenting In The Glass Castle

    2048 Words  | 9 Pages

    As the story continued, the father and the mother did not show improvement, which made them unqualified parents due to the lack of providing for the basic survival needs or their children. According to Abraham Maslow 's theory of "the Hierarchy of Needs” there are five different types of needs that should be provided to all human beings, which are “the physiological needs, the needs for safety and security, the needs for love and belonging, the needs for esteem, and the need to actualize the self” (Boeree 2). Those are the needs that have to be satisfied for someone to have a healthy, successful, and a happy life. At the end of the story, the children received all their needs on their own, without the help of the parents. They only addressed those needs, when they escaped home and their parents.

    Read More

  • The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates

    506 Words  | 3 Pages

    What does family mean to you? If you 're like most people, then you most likely believe that we are products of our environment. This idea could not be better represented than the two young boys that this story is about. In “The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates,” written by Wes Moore, two fatherless young boys that grow up with the same name and that live in the same neighborhood couldn 't have taken more different paths in life.

    Read More

  • A Raisin In The Sun Quotes With Page Numbers

    2524 Words  | 11 Pages

    Even when things get rough, the Youngers still remain a close family throughout the story, supporting each other through most

    Read More

  • The Sanctuary Of School Lynda Barry Analysis

    563 Words  | 3 Pages

    In her narrative essay “The Sanctuary of School,” Lynda Barry recounts a story from her childhood that illustrates her relationships at school vs her relationships at home. She tells us how public school was her sanctuary from her unstable home life. It was a stable environment that she depended on. She tells us this when she says ,"[F]or the next six hours I was going to enjoy a thoroughly secure, warm and stable world." Unlike at home, her school was a place she was noticed and cared about.

    Read More

  • Quotes From The Grapes Of Wrath

    749 Words  | 3 Pages

    Besides hope, family was the most important element that strived them through the hard times. It was the mean of survival and without each other, the Joads would have never been able to get to California. It tells us that family is a commodity that shouldn’t be given up on. As the book is read through, it is noticeable that Ma Joad is the one who always tries to keep the family together and is willing to accept new members to join the family. For example, Ma says “we don’t want you to go’way from us.

    Read More

  • Black Like Me By Sandra Lee Waldroop

    1486 Words  | 6 Pages

    Sandra and her younger sister Cindy were dropped off with their paternal grandmother Lorraine. Her mother remarried and Sandra and Cindy went to live with them. Unfortunately this marriage didn’t last long either. Sandra mother Vicky was very abusive and was a prescription drug addict.

    Read More

  • The Characters In Judith Guest's Ordinary People

    752 Words  | 4 Pages

    The novel Ordinary People, by Judith Guest is a touching and admirable story told from two similar however slightly different characters. The story is so touching due to all the emotions and everyday struggles on one seemingly ordinary family. The Jarret family, Conrad, Calvin and Beth, face anxiety, deep depression and growth as a unit throughout the book while different events in each character’s life that affects them differently. By telling the story from two different perspectives, a reader may conclude that Calvin and Beth both withhold many similarities, although they come off as completely opposite characters.

    Read More

  • Reflection On Family Assessment

    792 Words  | 4 Pages

    The genogram and the ecomap positively impacted my new perspective on the family. They provided an organized display of the family patterns and vulnerabilities. The genogram contributed to a more detailed representation of the family structure and the relationships within the family. The ecomap contrasted this by providing a resource to observe the external factors that cause stress or support for the family. The ecomap can be compared to the social determinants of health and the domino effect that one social determinant of health can have on the others (Kozier, et al.).

    Read More

More about Explain The Six Stages Of A Family Interview

Open Document