The family scenario that presents the greatest risk for family violence is
a. a husband who is unemployed and has low self-esteem associated with lack of
employability, a wife who loses her job, and a developmentally delayed
3-year-old son.
b. a husband who finds employment 2 weeks after a layoff from his previous job, a
wife who has stable employment, and a child doing well in school.
c. a single mother with an executive position, a 10-year-old precocious daughter,
and a widowed grandmother living in the household to provide child care for the
10-year-old child.
d. a single gay male parent, an adolescent son who has just begun dating girls, and
the father's unmarried sister who has come to visit for 2 weeks.
A
The family in option A has the greatest number of stressors. The other families described have fewer
negative events occurring.
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