Psychosocial Adjustment Flashcards
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According to Livneh's model of psychosocial adaptation to chronic illness, which phase involves the client beginning to explore possibilities for living with the disability?
Answer: Acknowledgment
The acknowledgment phase in Livneh's model involves the client starting to recognize and accept the reality of the disability and exploring new possibilities.
A client with chronic pain uses humor to cope with her condition. According to Lazarus, this is best classified as:
Answer: Emotion-focused coping
Humor used to manage emotional responses to stressors is classified as emotion-focused coping in Lazarus's transactional model of stress.
The 'insider' versus 'outsider' perspective in disability studies refers to:
Answer: The difference between people with disabilities' own views and non-disabled observers' views
The insider/outsider distinction highlights how people with disabilities often evaluate their quality of life more positively than outside observers predict.
Which intervention is most appropriate when a client demonstrates catastrophic thinking about their disability?
Answer: Cognitive restructuring
Cognitive restructuring helps clients identify and challenge distorted thought patterns such as catastrophizing by replacing them with more balanced cognitions.
Social role valorization (SRV), developed by Wolf Wolfensberger, primarily aims to:
Answer: Enhance the social roles and image of marginalized individuals
SRV focuses on creating and supporting valued social roles for people with disabilities to improve their social image and life conditions.
A client reports feeling like a burden to family after acquiring a disability. The rehabilitation counselor should FIRST:
Answer: Explore and validate the client's feelings while assessing for depression
Exploring and validating the client's feelings while screening for depression is the appropriate first step before taking other actions.
Which of the following best describes 'disability identity'?
Answer: A positive sense of self that incorporates disability as part of one's identity
Disability identity refers to a positive self-concept that integrates disability as a valued aspect of who the person is, often linked to disability culture.