The nurse is interviewing a client with depression about recent stressors in her life and how she has coped. The client states, "I just have bad luck. It doesn't matter what I do
Nothing ever works out for me." Based on the client's statement, the nurse uses which of the following psychological theories as a basis for designing appropriate interventions?
A) Psychodynamic theory
B) Learned helplessness theory
C) Feminist theory
D) Psychoanalytic theory
Ans: B
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The original theoretical model of learned helplessness proposed that people susceptible to mood disorders have come to believe, based on experience, that they are ineffective and have no influence on factors that cause their suffering (Seligman et al., 1974). Behaviors that define learned helplessness include passivity, negative expectations, and feelings of helplessness, hopelessness, and powerlessness.
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