Which of the following is an example of role strain? a. Alex takes a sabbatical from his job as a professor of Molecular Biology to raise his two young children. b. Derek attends law school and becomes a lawyer, though he dreams of one day becoming the next John Grisham. c. Becca returns to work after giving birth to her daughter, finding it difficult to act as mother, wife, and executive. d. Krista lands a role on Days of Our Lives and begins receiving fan mail from fans across the country.

c. Becca returns to work after giving birth to her daughter, finding it difficult to act as mother, wife, and executive

Explanation:

Role strain is a term used in sociology to explain a stressful situation that arises as a result of difficulty an individual with a single role is faced with in keeping up with expectations associated with several statuses attained by them. This difficulty is what generates tension, and is referred to as role strain.

From the following examples given in the question above, option C is an example of role strain. Becca finds it difficult to meet up with role expectations as a mother, wife, and as an executive, after she gave birth to her daughter.

c. Becca returns to work after giving birth to her daughter, finding it difficult to act as mother, wife, and executive.

Explanation:

Role strain -

It refers to the tension which occurs when the person finds it difficult to tackle

with multiple roles.

Example,

A mother need to prepare breakfast for her kids along with getting them ready for the school.

Hence, from the given options in the question, the correct answer for Role strain is (c).