The nurse is assessing a family's effective coping strategies and ineffective defensive strategies. The nurse will use the family social system theory known as:
1. Family stress theory.
2. Family development theory.
3. Family systems theory, as evolved from general systems theory.
4. The Resiliency Model of Family Stress, Adjustment, and Adaptation.
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Rationale:
1. Family stress theory determines an array of coping strategies that effectively help reduce stress, in contrast with the defensive strategies of dysfunctional families.
2. Family development theory suggests developmental tasks for families in each stage.
3. Family systems theory looks at the relationships among and between family members and the environment.
4. The Resiliency Model of Family Stress, Adjustment, and Adaptation discusses two levels of severity for crises; one requires adjustment, while the other requires adaptation.
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