The family of a client undergoing treatment for cancer is concerned about the client's unwillingness to spend time or talk with any family members. Which category of stress is this client demonstrating? Select all that apply
1. Behavioral
2. Physiologic
3. Interpersonal
4. Psychological
5. Developmental
1, 3
Rationale 1: The behavioral response is characterized by the individual becoming withdraws or becoming immobilized.
Rationale 2: The physiologic response is manifested as a loss or gain in weight over time, increase in hormone levels and blood pressure or possibly somatoform (psychosomatic) symptoms appears.
Rationale 3: The interpersonal mode can reflect stress when communication effectiveness decreases, relationships deteriorate, trust in others diminishes, and the ability to form and maintain close, intimate, loving ties with another individual decreases.
Rationale 4: The psychological response manifests as depression, mania, or withdrawal from reality.
Rationale 5: Developmental is not a category of stress.
Global Rationale: The behavioral response is characterized by the individual becoming withdraws or becoming immobilized. The interpersonal mode can reflect stress when communication effectiveness decreases, relationships deteriorate, trust in others diminishes, and the ability to form and maintain close, intimate, loving ties with another individual decreases. The physiologic response is manifested as a loss or gain in weight over time, increase in hormone levels and blood pressure or possibly somatoform (psychosomatic) symptoms appears. The psychological response manifests as depression, mania, or withdrawal from reality. Developmental is not a category of stress.
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