A 35-year-old patient diagnosed with testicular cancer is undergoing chemotherapy,which leaves him unable to help care for his young children.As a result,his wife misses work whenever the children are ill.She has become increasingly distressed over her situation.Her experience best demonstrates which of the following?

A) Role strain
B) Interpersonal role conflict
C) Role performance
D) Interrole conflict

The patient's wife is most likely experiencing interrole conflict,in which her role as a mother and worker are making competing demands on her.Role strain is a mismatch between role expectations and role performance.Interpersonal role conflict results when another person's idea about how a role should be performed differs from that of the person who is performing the role.Role performance is defined as the actions a person takes and the behaviors he demonstrates in performing a role.