The father of three young children dies. The wife expresses how worried she is about how to raise the children on her own without the support of her husband. She finds herself crying and living through each day without accomplishing anything
In which grieving stage is this behavior typically experienced? a. Denial
b. Depression and identification
c. Acceptance and recovery
d. Yearning
D
This is the second stage of grieving, in which the person longs for the deceased and feels overwhelmed by the loss. Denial is the first stage of grieving, when the person is in shock and rejects the loss of another; depression and identification is the third stage of grieving, characterized by depressed feelings followed by a period of sharing memories and seeking support from others; and acceptance and recovery is the phase of the grieving process during which individuals begin to focus their energies toward the living and their lives begin to stabilize.
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