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Two staff nurses were considered for promotion to head nurse. The promotion is announced via a memo on the unit bulletin board. When the nurse who was not promoted first read the memo and learned that the other nurse had received the promotion, she left the room in tears. This behavior is an example of:

ExplanationCrying is a regressive behavior. The ego returned to an earlier, comforting, and less-mature way of behaving in the face of disappointment. Conversion involves the transformation of anxiety into a physical symptom. Introjection involves intense unconscious identification with another person. Rationalization involves the unconscious process of developing acceptable explanations to justify unacceptable ideas, actions, or feelings. Psychosocial Integrity