Which of the following factors has the least influence on the development of mental health in the client who has anxiety disorder?
A) The client's mother also suffered from an anxiety disorder.
B) The client was raised in a household with high stress and frequent geographic moves.
C) The client's mother often related to her in ways that reflected her mother's high level of anxiety.
D) The client is often late to school and makes poor grades in most of her subjects.
Ans: D
Being late to school and making poor grades are behaviors that indicate that the client is having difficulty; they are not factors influencing the development of her anxiety disorder.
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