Which comment by a mother during a family therapy session shows evidence of scapegoating?

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Question 1 of 5

Which comment by a mother during a family therapy session shows evidence of scapegoating?

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: Scapegoating is blaming family problems on a member of the family who is not very powerful. The purpose of the blaming is to keep the focus off painful issues and off the blamers themselves. A double-bind message, such as We all express our feelings openly except when, involves giving instructions that are inherently contradictory or that place the person in a no-win situation. Our oldest child knows that is an example oftriangulation, wherein a third party is engaged to help stabilize an unstable pair within the family. A child assuming parental responsibilities (e.g., caring for siblings) because a parent fails to do so is an example of enabling.

Question 2 of 5

At the exosystem level, we should consider:

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Question 3 of 5

Which of the following is not one of the seven major concepts of the ecosystems perspective for Working with Families:

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Question 4 of 5

Family focussed social work originated in the 1880s with:

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Question 5 of 5

According to SFT, which of the following is not contained within the 'current issue?'

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

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