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Which finding indicates the successful completion of an individuals grieving process?

  • A. For two years, a person has kept the deceased spouses belongings in their usual places.
  • B. After 15 months, a widowed person realistically remembers both the pleasures and disappointments of the relationship with the spouse.
  • C. Three years after the death, a person talks about the spouse as if the spouse was still alive and weeps when others mention the spouses name.
  • D. Eighteen months after the spouses death, a person says, I never cry or have feelings of loss even though we were always very close.
Correct Answer: B

Rationale: The work of grieving is over when the bereaved can remember the individual realistically and acknowledge both the pleasure and disappointments associated with the loved one. The individual is then free to enter into new relationships and activities. The other options suggest unresolved grief.