Om and Anusha are sitting at the kitchen table paying the monthly bills. They are both feeling stress because they are not sure how they are going to pay all the bills for the month. Om turns to Anusha and shouts, "if you had any sense of money we wouldn't be in this situation! I'm so sick of always worrying about money!" Om and Anusha are experiencing which stage of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Model?

A. defensiveness
B. contempt
C. stonewalling
D. criticism


Answer: D

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