A 35-year-old patient diagnosed with testicular cancer is undergoing chemotherapy,which leaves him unable to help care for his young children.As a result,his wife misses work whenever the children are ill.She has become increasingly distressed over her situation.Her experience best demonstrates which of the following?

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The patient's wife is most likely experiencing interrole conflict,in which her role as a mother and worker are making competing demands on her.Role strain is a mismatch between role expectations and role performance.Interpersonal role conflict results when another person's idea about how a role should be performed differs from that of the person who is performing the role.Role performance is defined as the actions a person takes and the behaviors he demonstrates in performing a role.

A 35-Year-Old Patient Diagnosed with Testicular Cancer Is Undergoing Chemotherapy,which