The patient was an awkward child who was ridiculed by his father for his inability to catch a ball.As an adult,the patient developed panic attacks at the time his company established after-work team sporting activities.Which data discussed during the nursing interview provides insight to the possible cause of this anxiety disorder when applying the behavioral model?

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In behavioral models that are based on learning theory,the etiology of anxiety symptoms is a generalization from an earlier traumatic experience to a benign setting or object.As a result,he associates embarrassment and shame with sports events and develops panic attacks.The same kinds of cognitive operations that link embarrassment with sporting events link the cognition of the expectation of embarrassment with the idea of a sporting event,and the individual begins to experience panic attacks while merely thinking about being involved.The remaining options are not as likely to bring about the embarrassment and shame that would produce such a response.

The Patient Was an Awkward Child Who Was Ridiculed by His