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Question:

A client reports to a social worker that she was often criticized by her parents when she was in elementary and middle school and now has poor self-esteem and doubts her abilities. According to Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development, the client experienced a crisis in which of the following stages?

A Industry versus inferiority.
explanation

From age 6 to puberty, children begin to develop a sense of pride in their accomplishments. If they are encouraged and reinforced for their initiative, they begin to feel industrious and feel confident in their ability to achieve goals. If this initiative is not encouraged, it produces feelings of inferiority.

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