A client diagnosed with somatic symptom disorder (SSD) is most likely to exhibit which personality disorder characteristics?
1. Experiences intense and chaotic relationships with fluctuating attitudes toward others.
2. Socially irresponsible, exploitative, guiltless, and disregards rights of others.
3. Self-dramatizing, attention seeking, overly gregarious, and seductive.
4. Uncomfortable in social situations, perceived as timid, withdrawn, cold, and strange.
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Rationale: The nurse should anticipate that a client diagnosed with SSD would be self-dramatizing, attention seeking, and overly gregarious. It has been suggested that, in somatic symptom disorder, there may be some overlapping of personality characteristics and features associated with histrionic personality disorder. These symptoms include heightened emotionality, impressionistic thought and speech, seductiveness, strong dependency needs, and a preoccupation with symptoms and oneself.
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