A nurse is obtaining an initial history from a client diagnosed with dependent personality disorder. The nurse expects to find which description of how the client was cared for during early childhood?
a. premature decrease in nurturing, and caregivers who were seldom available to the child
b. multiple caregivers who were alternately abusive and overly solicitous to the child
c. parents who were overly protective and did not allow the child to do things for him- or herself
d. parents who encouraged and praised all decisions the child made for him- or herself
C
When examining the childhood of a person affected with dependent personality disorder, it is quite common to find a history of parents being overly protective and not allowing the child to do things for him- or herself. The parents continued to nurture the child beyond the age when it was appropriate to do so. As a result of not being allowed to do things for him- or herself, the child becomes incompetent and begins to believe that he or she cannot do anything.
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