A nursing instructor is teaching about the etiology of IAD from a psychoanalytical perspective. What student statement about clients diagnosed with this disorder indicates that learning has occurred?
1. "They tend to have a familial predisposition to this disorder."
2. "When the sick role relieves them from stressful situations, their physical symptoms are reinforced."
3. "They misinterpret and cognitively distort their physical symptoms."
4. "They express personal worthlessness through physical symptoms, because physical problems are more acceptable than psychological problems."
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Rationale: The nurse should understand that from a psychoanalytical perspective, IAD occurs because physical problems are more acceptable than psychological problems. Psychodynamicists view IAD as a defense mechanism.
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