In learning about Duvall's life-cycle stages ascribed to traditional families, the nursing student recognizes that developmental tasks of each stage include: Note: Credit will be given only if all correct and no incorrect choices are selected
Select all that apply. 1. Adjusting to new roles as mother and father.
2. Working out authority and socialization roles with the school.
3. Becoming a single parent with custodial responsibilities.
4. Becoming a couple and dating.
5. Adjusting to the loss of a spouse.
1,2,5
Rationale 1: Adjusting to new roles as mother and father occurs in Stage II, which describes childbearing families with infants.
Rationale 2: Working out authority and socialization roles with schools occurs in Stage IV, which describes families with school-age children.
Rationale 3: Traditional family life-cycle stages do not include those in which divorce occurs.
Rationale 4: Becoming a couple and dating occurs before marriage, and is not a part of the traditional family life-cycle stages.
Rationale 5: Stage VIII includes adjusting to the loss of a spouse.
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