When describing relevant family psychosocial factors in middle adulthood that cause stress, the nurse would not include
a. Singlehood and feeling isolated.
b. Choices stemming from marital changes.
c. Financial security and certainty.
d. Planning for the future when children leave home.
ANS: C
In the middle adult years, as children depart from the household, the family enters the postparental family stage. Time and financial demands on parents decrease, and the couple faces the task of redefining their own relationship. Psychosocial factors involving the family include the stresses of singlehood, marital changes, transition of the family as children leave home, and the care of aging parents.
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