Explore the relationship between family income and family function. Include a discussion of the family stress model in predicting the impact of low and high incomes
What will be an ideal response?
Family income strongly influences family function by the extent to which family needs
may be met. The family stress model predicts that low-income families may
experience stress contributed not only by economic hardship but also by the parents'
reaction to that hardship. High income may also create stress in that parents
spending time working to make more money spend less time with their children,
resulting in troubled behavior such as emotional problems, drug abuse, and
delinquency.
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