A 29-year-old client living with parents has few interpersonal relationships. The client states, "I have trouble finding romantic partners. No one wants to date me." Based on Sullivan's stages of personality development, which should the nurse recognize as a true statement about this client?

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1.This is incorrect. Many individuals with mental health problems have not achieved developmental tasks from earlier developmental stages. Forming satisfactory relationships with members of the opposite sex is a milestone of early adolescence (age 12 to 14 years). That same stage calls for having an identity separate from parents, but the scenario has no evidence of that being a problem.
2.This is correct. Many individuals with mental health problems have not achieved developmental tasks from earlier developmental stages. Forming satisfactory relationships with members of the opposite sex is a milestone of early adolescence (age 12 to 14 years)
3.This is incorrect. Many individuals with mental health problems have not achieved developmental tasks from earlier developmental stages. Forming satisfactory relationships with members of the opposite sex is a milestone of early adolescence (age 12 to 14 years). An adult client cannot skip satisfaction of the developmental tasks of early adolescence.
4.This is incorrect. Many individuals with mental health problems have not achieved developmental tasks from earlier developmental stages. Forming satisfactory relationships with members of the opposite sex is a milestone during early adolescence (age 12 to 14 years). It is not a milestone of preadolescence (age 9-12 years), which focuses on same-sex relationships.

A 29-Year-Old Client Living with Parents Has Few Interpersonal Relationships