The nurse interprets that which of the following comments by the client whose husband uses violence against her is consistent with the presence of low self-esteem commonly found with battered wife syndrome?
1. "I'm lucky to be married to a man who really loves me the way that he does."
2. "I told him that this is his last chance; if it happens again, I'm leaving for good."
3. "I stay because there's enough in it for me; I don't have to work full time this way."
4. "Things would be fine at home if I just could do better. He has a lot of pressures on him at work."
4
Rationale: The client who is a victim of abuse often vocalizes statements that reflect the low self-esteem and self-deprecation that feed into the cycle of violence. The victim assumes the guilt for the abuse because the perpetrator says that the punishment was deserved. The other statements do not reflect self-deprecatory comments.
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