The nurse caring for families in crisis assesses the affective function of an immigrant family consisting of a father, mother, and two school-age children. Based on Friedman's structural functional theory, what defines this family component?
A) Meeting the love and belonging needs of each member
B) Teaching children how to function and assume adult roles in society
C) Ensuring the family has necessary resources with appropriate allocation
D) Involving the provision of physical care to keep the family healthy
Ans: A
According to Friedman's structural functional theory, the affective function involves meeting the love and belonging needs of each member. Teaching children how to function and assume adult roles in society is the socialization and social placement function. Ensuring the family has necessary resources with appropriate allocation is related to the economic function, and involving the provision of physical care to keep the family healthy involves the health care function.
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