When assessing a client experiencing aggression, a nurse applies the general aggression model. What would the nurse assess as the person factors? Select all that apply.

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Person factors include characteristics, such as gender, personality traits, beliefs and attitudes, values, goals, and behavior patterns. Situational factors include the actual provocation (insults, slights, verbal and physical aggression, and interference with achieving goals) and cues that trigger memories of similar situations. Cognition includes hostile thoughts and scripts (previous behavior patterns and responses to similar episodes). Mood, emotion, and expressive motor responses (automatic reactions to specific emotions) represent the affect component. Arousal can be physiologic, psychological, or both.

When Assessing a Client Experiencing Aggression, a Nurse Applies the General