1. Introduction
2. Organization of the Course
3. Systemic Approaches to Human Behavior
4. Bioecological Model
5. Contexts
6. Influence
7. Family Life Cycle Model
8. Approach
9. Jay Haley
10. Why look at transitions?
11. Life Events Precipitate Change
12. Two Types of Family Changes
13. Dysfunctional Families
14. Stressors on Family System
15. Six Stages of Predictable Family Changes
16. Thought Questions
17. Timing and Dysfunction in This Systems Model
18. Lesson 1A Assignments

Stressors on Family System

Horizontal Stressors

These are real world stressors, such as:

• predictable family transitions (death, marriage)
• unpredictable family stressors (illness, car accident death)

Vertical Stressors

These are psychological pressures, such as:

• family legacies ("we came from the wrong side of the tracks and people expect us to not have good outcomes")
• family secrets (having a child and giving them up for adoption and this impacting how you interact with later born children)

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