When planning care for a client with passive-aggressive personality disorder, the nurse will need to include interventions for which of the following behaviors?
A) Avoidance of anxiety-provoking situations
B) Compulsive needs for perfection and praise
C) Dependence on others for decisions
D) Procrastination and intentional inefficiency
D
Feedback: People who behave in a passive-aggressive way often do things late or in error as a means of protest rather than directly expressing their dissatisfaction or unwillingness. Answer A is consistent with anxiety disorders. Answer B correlates with behaviors seen in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Answer C occurs in clients with dependent personality disorder.
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