According to Hill's roller-coaster profile of adjustment, families go through four stages when faced with a crisis:

• A. Crisis, Disorganization, Recovery, and Reorganization
• B. Disorganization, Crisis, Reorganization, and Recovery
• C. Crisis, Recovery, Disorganization, and Reorganization
• D. Crisis, Disorganization, Reorganization, and Recovery

Answer: (A)

The sequence being tested describes how Hill’s roller-coaster profile of adjustment unfolds after a crisis. It begins with the crisis itself, the event that disrupts the family’s functioning and creates immediate upheaval. This is followed by disorganization, when routines, roles, and communication break down and the family feels scattered and unsure how to cope. Next comes recovery, where the family starts to regain functioning, establish coping strategies, and begin to feel more in control again. Finally, reorganization occurs as the family settles into new patterns, roles, and routines that fit the changed situation, leading to a more stable long-term balance. The order makes sense because each stage follows the disruption: you can’t reorganize until you’ve recovered from the disarray caused by the crisis, and you can’t recover without first experiencing the crisis and the resulting disorganization. In practice, some families may move back and forth between stages, but the canonical progression is crisis, disorganization, recovery, then reorganization.