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WORDS TO UNDERSTAND

coping mechanism: a behavior a person learns or develops in order to manage stress. dysfunctional: not working as it should; impaired. environment: one’s physical, cultural, and social surroundings. family structure: one of the various types of relationships or combinations of relationships that creates a family. genes: units of inheritance that are passed from parent to child and contain information about specific traits and characteristics. intoxicant emotions: emotions family members feel that are linked to a user’s behavior. repression: holding something back, such as an emotion.