A nurse is caring for a hospitalized client who is quarrelsome and opinionated and has little regard for others.According to Sullivan's interpersonal theory,the nurse should associate the client's behaviors with a previous deficit in which stage of development?
A)Infancy
B) Childhood
C) Early adolescence
D) Late adolescence

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The nurse should associate the client's behavior with a deficit in the childhood stage of Sullivan's interpersonal theory.The childhood stage in Sullivan's interpersonal theory typically occurs from the ages of 18 months to 6 years of age,during which the child learns to experience a delay in personal gratification without undue anxiety.

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