Question

Shauna and Brent got married in June. They both have little education, Shauna's parents had a bad marriage, and Brent's social skills are not very good. According to Karney and Bradbury's vulnerability-stress-adaptation model, Shauna and Brent's marriage:_________.

a) is doomed, no matter what happens.
b) may make it if they do not encounter too many difficulties in life.
c) should be fine, as long as they don't have many alternatives to their relationship.
d) has a high likelihood of succeeding, no matter what happens.

Answer 1

The correct answer is b.) May make it if they do not encounter too many difficulties in life.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the vulnerability-stress-adaptation model also known as VSA (it's a framework for cenptualizing the dynamic processes of marriage) Shauna and Brent's marriage may make it if the doy not enccounter too many difficulties in life because according to Path B of the VSA model it takes in consideration external factors like family background, family history in general, personality traits and attachment styles, in Shauna and Brent's case we clearly evidence bad family history because of the bad marriage of Shauna's parents and Brent's undesirable personality trait, all this ending up in the conclusion that the couple may endure if they do not find many difficult situations that could create a confrontation.