Definitions
- Concept referring to aspects of economic life that are potential stressors for individuals and families, which are: employment instability, employment uncertainty, economic deprivation, and economic strain (@voydanoff1990)
- The negative response due to insufficient resources to deal with a real or perceived threat to one’s standard of living/finances (@rosso2024)
Theoretical frameworks
- Stress process theory:
- @voydanoff1990: Recapitulates that the processes and factors intervening between a stressor and individual and family outcomes vary according to the scope
- Double ABCX theory:
- @voydanoff1990: remembers the conditions under which stressors are associated with family crisis or disrupted family functioning