Keisha Was Born with Several Physical Abnormalities

question 34

Multiple Choice

Keisha was born with several physical abnormalities. Her disability diagnosis represents a long-term, probably permanent change in her family's trajectory. It includes a number of unknown elements and will require that the family to adapt to the incongruence between the psychological (expected) and physical (present) family. This is an example of ______.

• A) contextual stress
• B) transactional stress
• C) ambiguous loss
• D) caregiver adaptation

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Definitions:

Between-Groups Design

An experimental design where different groups of participants are exposed to different treatments or conditions and compared.

Random Assignment

The process of allocating participants or units in a study to different groups purely by chance, minimizing pre-existing differences between the groups.

Treatment Conditions

Refers to the specific variables or interventions applied to subjects in an experimental study.

Within-Subjects Design

A research design in which the same group of subjects is exposed to each condition or treatment.