The Nurse Counsels a Mother to Allow Her 2-Year-Old Child

question 14

Multiple Choice

The nurse counsels a mother to allow her 2-year-old child to keep a blanket that he uses to comfort himself.The basis for this counseling is:

• A) Sullivan's theory of "good me"
• B) Freud's developmental theory
• C) Mahler's theory of object relations
• D) Kernberg's conceptualization object constancy

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