The nurse is facilitating a support group for older adults who have recently experienced losses in their lives. What is the basis for the nurse's understanding of how the in-dividual participants will display stress?
a. An individual's age has the most influence on the amount of stress they will experience
b. Stress tolerance is fairly consistent in both males and females
c. Stress is a natural occurrence to loss and is always manifested in physical signs
d. There are individual differences in how in how individuals define, perceive, and react to stress
ANS: D
It is important to remember is that there is great deal of individual variability in definition of a stress. This affects what events will be identified as stressors and the manifestation of symptoms the stress will create. The remaining statements do not accurately describe stress and its effects of the individual.
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