Question

A male college student begins feeling sad and lonely. Although still able to go to classes and work at his job, he finds himself feeling down much of the time and worrying about what is happening to him.

Which part of the definition of abnormality applies to his situation?

a. Personal distress
b. Cultural factors
c. Impaired functioning
d. Violation of societal norms

Answer 1

Personal distress

Step-by-step explanation:

Personal distress is related to the negative outcomes of the emotion when we see another person suffering from any disease, disorder, etc. We feel very uncomfortable when seeing people in that situation. Whenever a person feels distressed they may not stop the situation but they leave that situation.

Thus here in the above situation when a male student feels sad and lonely. Even he can go to college or work on a job but feel distressed about what happened to his show his distress from the misshaping.