The nurse is assessing a family's effective coping strategies and ineffective defensive strategies. Which family-social-system theory is the nurse using in this assessment of the family?
1. Family-stress theory
2. Family-development theory
3. Family-systems theory
4. Family life-cycle theory
Correct Answer: 1
Rationale: Family-stress theory indicates an array of coping strategies that effectively help reduce stress, in contrast with the defensive strategies of dysfunctional families. Family-development theory suggests developmental tasks for families in each stage. Family-systems theory looks at the relationships among and between family members and the environment. The family life cycle is not a family social system theory.
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