A clinic nurse is using group theory to assess a family whose youngest child recently moved back home after graduating from college and is unable to find a job. Which statement by a parent would indicate to the nurse that goals for norming have been met?
A.
"I'm glad my son stays in his room in the basement all day so he doesn't bother us."
B.
"It's hard to decide how much food to buy because we don't know where he's eating."
C.
"My son is gone a lot of the time, so we really don't notice that he moved back in."
D.
"We have agreed not to have a curfew as long as we know when he will be home."
ANS: D
According to group theory, a healthy family adjusts to changes in its structure by resetting roles and norms. In this family, a launched child has moved back in, disrupting the patterns established when he left. Agreeing to new rules and roles is a sign of adaptation. The other responses do not show adaptation to the new situation.
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