A 40yearold woman with LiFraumeni syndrome comes for genetic counseling after testing confirms that she has a P53 mutation. Her asymptomatic 18yearold son is also found to have the same mutation. The mother repeatedly suggests that gene therapy should be available soon to repair the gene for her son and that perhaps his test should be repeated in case there was a mixup at the laboratory.

A. Confrontive
B. Distancing
C. Escape avoidance
D. Positive reappraisal