A husband brings his children in to visit their mother in the hospital. The nurse asks how the family is getting along at home without their mom around
The husband states, "None of her jobs are getting done, and I don't do those jobs, so the house and the kids are falling apart." The nurse suspects that this family structure is
a. Very flexible.
b. Quite rigid.
c. Extremely open.
d. Hardy.
ANS: B
A rigid structure specifically dictates who is able to accomplish a task and may limit the number of people outside the immediate family who assume these tasks. An extremely open or very flexible structure also presents problems for the family in that consistent patterns of behavior do not exist, and enactment of roles is overly flexible. Hardiness is the internal strength and durability of the family unit characterized by a sense of control over the outcome of life and an active rather than passive orientation in adapting to stressful events.
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