The nurse has recently set limits for a client with borderline personality disorder. The client tells the
nurse "You used to care about me. I thought you were wonderful. Now I can see I was mistaken.
You're hateful.".
This outburst can be assessed as
a. splitting.
b. denial.
c. reaction formation.
d. separation-individuation strategies.
A
Splitting involves loving a person, then hating the person because the client is unable to recognize
that an individual can have both positive and negative qualities. Option B: Denial is unconsciously
motivated refusal to belief something. Option C: Reaction formation involves unconsciously doing
the opposite of a forbidden impulse. Option D: Separation-individuation strategies refer to childhood
behaviors related to developing independence from the caregiver.
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