Chapter 25 Anger and Aggression

Chapter 25  Anger and Aggression

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Sample Questions

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. The use of inappropriate, harmful, or destructive behaviors to express current or past emotions is defined as:
a.
Anger
b.
Assault
c.
Acting out
d.
Aggression

ANS: C
Acting out is the use of inappropriate, detrimental, or destructive behaviors to express current or past emotions. Anger is a normal emotional response in certain situations; assault is a threat for bodily injury; and aggression is a forceful attitude or action.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 285 OBJ: 1
TOP: Anger and Aggression KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment
MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity

2. Toddlers often express their anger through:
a.
Crying
b.
Manipulation
c.
Temper tantrums
d.
Direct aggression

ANS: C
Toddlers engage in temper tantrums when they learn to focus their aggression on what they believe is responsible for their anger.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 286 OBJ: 2
TOP: Aggression throughout the Life Cycle
KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity

3. In the assault cycle, people are unable to listen to reason, follow directions, or engage in mental exercises during the stage of:
a.
Crisis
b.
Trigger
c.
Recovery
d.
Escalation

ANS: A
Assault is an aggressive behavior that violates another’s person or property. Crisis describes the behaviors in the question. Trigger refers to the phase when a stress-producing event occurs; recovery is described as the cooling-down period of the assault cycle; and escalation is characterized by a behavioral response that is approaching loss of control.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 288 OBJ: 5
TOP: The Cycle of Assault KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment
MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity

4. Crisis interventions are very successful if begun early in the assault cycle, in the ____ stage.
a.
Crisis
b.
Trigger
c.
Depression
d.
Escalation

ANS: B
Crisis intervention works best in this stage because coping mechanisms can be implemented that are effective rather than allowing behavior to continue to the next phase of escalation.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 288 OBJ: 5
TOP: The Cycle of Assault KEY: Nursing Process Step: Intervention
MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity

5. Persons who naturally relate aggressively to others, seldom have empathy, and lack appropriate guilt feelings are given the diagnosis of ____ disorder.
a.
Conduct
b.
Adjustment
c.
Impulse-control
d.
Oppositional defiant

ANS: A
These are characteristics of conduct disorders. Adjustment disorders are characterized by a psychological response from an identifiable stressor or group of stressors that causes significant emotional or behavioral symptoms that do not meet criteria for more specific disorders; impulse-control disorders are characterized by a failure to resist impulses or temptations that are harmful to the person or to others; and oppositional defiant disorder refers to a pattern of negative, aggressive behaviors that is seen most commonly in children who focus on authority figures.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 289 OBJ: 6
TOP: Aggressive Behavioral Disorders of Childhood
KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity