A Young Child Is Having Abdominal Pain,and the Doctor Informs

A young child is having abdominal pain,and the doctor informs the parents that a computed tomography (CT or CAT) scan of the abdomen will be ordered.The doctor tells the child,"This CAT scan won't hurt you." The child is visibly upset because of a fear of cats.According to Mishel's uncertainty in illness theory,which stage of the framework is represented?

A) Stimuli frame
B) Appraisal stage
C) Initiation of coping mechanisms
D) Adaptation