Author Question: A nursing student is reading an article about protective factors for mental illness with older ... (Read 122 times)

olgavictoria · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

A nursing student is reading an article about protective factors for mental illness with older adults. The article mentions the individual's ability to adapt successfully to stress, trauma, or chronic adversity.

The student identifies this as which of the following?
A) Functional status
B) Gerotransendence
C) Resilience
D) Empty nest

Question 2

Which family situation is an example of the multigenerational transmission process?

a. A child has diabetes like his father.
b. Each generation lives on the same farm.
c. A parent abused as a child becomes abusive with his or her own child.
d. Schizophrenia is a disease traced back three generations in a family.

abro1885 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

C
An example of a multigenerational transmission process would be an abusive parent who was abused him- or herself as a child. Multigenerational transmission process occurs when a family pattern is passed down from one generation to the next, such as parents abusing their children.