Germaine has a nervous personality.This semester,he is enrolled in 18 credit hours while also studying for his medical school exam.Although he never had them before,Germaine starts having panic attacks during exams.In this situation,the diathesis is ,and the stressor is .

A) the medical school exam;his personality
B) his personality;the medical school exam
C) the first panic attack;his course load
D) his course load;the first panic attack

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Germaine has a nervous personality.This semester,he is enrolled in 18 credit hours while also studying for his medical school exam.Although he never had them before,Germaine starts having panic attacks during exams.In this situation,the diathesis is ________,and the stressor is ________.

A) the medical school exam;his personality
B) his personality;the medical school exam
C) the first panic attack;his course load
D) his course load;the first panic attack

Racquel Robertson · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : B, Explanation :  The diathesis-stress model suggests that a predisposition (diathesis) interacts with the environmental stressors to trigger mental health issues. In this case, Germaine's nervous personality serves as the diathesis, and the stressor is the medical school exam along with his heavy course load.

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