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Chapter 20 Potter
Self-Concept and Sexuality
Question | Answer |
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The components of ________________ frequently considered by nurses are identity, body image, and role performance. | self-concept |
________________ involves the sense of individuality and completeness of a person over time and in various circumstances. | identity |
________________ is a part of your identity. | sexuality |
________________ involves attitudes related to the body, including physical appearance, femininity and masculinity, youthfulness, health, and strength. | body image |
________________ is the way in which a person views his or her ability to carry out significant roles. | role performance |
________________ is an individual's overall sense of self-worth or the emotional evaluation of self-concept. | self-esteem |
________________ is a broad term that refers to all aspects of being sexual. | sexuality |
________________ includes a person's thoughts and feelings about their bodies, a sense of femaleness or maleness, romantic and erotic attachments toward others, and attitudes toward sexual functioning. | sexuality |
Our ________________ is based on our ability to form healthy relationships with others. | sexual health |
________________ for some means the loss of an important means of achievement. | retirement |
Some people at ________________ begin to reevaluate their identities and accomplishments. | retirement |
Sometimes ________________ also leads a person to reexamine aspects of his or her identity. | loss of a significant other |
________________ interferes with sexual health and is a problem with desire, arousal, or orgasm. | sexual dysfunction |
B/c ________________ sometimes results from the use of medications like antidepressants and antihypertensives, it important to include sexual side effects in patient teaching. | sexual dysfunction |
________________, the onset of menstrual cycle in girls, is occurring at an earlier age in the U.S. with the average age of 12.2 yrs. for African-Americans and 12.7 to 12.8 for whites. | menarche |
Older women experiencing ________________, or the cessation of menstrual periods, experience changes in vaginal lubrication and sexual interest. | menopause |