Which nursing diagnosis would be most appropriate for an adolescent client suffering from test anxiety who was continually told by her mother that she was inferior to her siblings and could never amount to anything?

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Emotional abuse involves rejection,criticism,terrorizing,and isolation.The result is low self-esteem,in which the adolescent doubts her abilities.The adolescent in this case is not in denial and is not demonstrating behaviors that would alert the nurse to a violent nature.Noncompliance is not an issue in this case.

Which Nursing Diagnosis Would Be Most Appropriate for an Adolescent