A male client with schizophrenia has lost his job and home and has been living in a homeless shelter. He voluntarily admits himself into a mental health treatment facility
The client's current living situation and lack of a job at this time likely will contribute to his having difficulty with which dimension of hope? a. Affective
b. Contextual
c. Temporal
d. Affiliative
B
Although all the dimensions of hope listed in these options may be difficult for this client, the dimension that is representative of the living and job situation for this client is contextual, because this refers to inadequate physical, financial, and emotional resources.
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