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Title: Approach behaviors are coping mechanisms that result in a family's movement toward adjustment and ...
Post by: oliviaamy on Feb 6, 2018
Approach behaviors are coping mechanisms that result in a family's movement toward adjustment and resolution of the crisis of having a child with a chronic illness or disability. What is considered an approach behavior in parents?
 
  a. Are unable to adjust to a progression of the disease or condition
  b. Anticipate future problems and seek guidance and answers
  c. Look for new cures without a perspective toward possible benefit
  d. Fail to recognize seriousness of child's condition despite physical evidence


Title: Approach behaviors are coping mechanisms that result in a family's movement toward adjustment and ...
Post by: cjj8za on Feb 6, 2018
ANS: B
The parents who anticipate future problems and seek guidance and answers are demonstrating approach behaviors. They are demonstrating positive actions in caring for their child. Avoidance behaviors include being unable to adjust to a progression of the disease or condition, looking for new cures without a perspective toward possible benefit, and failing to recognize the seriousness of the child's condition despite physical evidence. These behaviors would suggest that the parents are moving away from adjustment or adaptation in the crisis of a child with chronic illness or disability.