Which of the following scenarios best illustrates role exit?

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11ecba2d_0d92_024b_a3bf_23e2f2b4398d_MD0008_00 Social roles refer to an individual's expected behavior in social situations. For example, a police officer's role in society is to enforce the law; when a crime occurs, others expect the police officer to act. Role strain occurs when a single role involves multiple competing expectations, which produce tension. For example, a physician instructor who struggles to balance patient care and student instruction (ie, two expectations of the physician instructor role) is illustrating role strain (Choice A). Role conflict occurs when two or more roles simultaneously held by an individual compete, producing tension. For example, a physician who reduces her patient load because she feels tension between her responsibilities to her patients (ie, physician role) and to her children (ie, mother role) is illustrating role conflict (Choice B). Role exit is the process by which an individual disengages from a defined social role; role exit may be preceded by role strain and/or role conflict. A nurse practitioner who retires from a long career at a busy hospital to travel with her spouse is disengaging from her occupational role and starting a new role as a retiree, which illustrates role exit. (Choice D) According to sick role theory, illness, which causes disruption to expected social obligations (eg, attending classes) and is therefore a form of deviance, is socially acceptable in certain circumstances (ie, sick person seeks and complies with treatment). A medical student who is temporarily exempt from classes due to the flu is illustrating the sick role, not role exit. Educational objective: Social roles define how people are expected to behave in social situations. Competing expectations of a single role (role strain) or multiple roles (role conflict) may lead to role exit, the process of disengaging from an existing role.

Which of the Following Scenarios Best Illustrates Role Exit