Which Observation Is Supportive of a Diagnosis of Avoidant Personality

question 21

Multiple Choice

Which observation is supportive of a diagnosis of avoidant personality disorder?

• A) Talks about "my three failed marriages"
• B) Cries loudly whenever requests are denied
• C) Fears criticism from others, including staff
• D) Shows no remorse when accidentally breaking another patient's bracelet

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Mean

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Median

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Mode

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A measure of the asymmetry of the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable about its mean, indicating whether the distribution is stretched more to the left or to the right.