Select the True Statement Regarding Gender and Loss of a Spouse

question 7

Multiple Choice

Select the true statement regarding gender and loss of a spouse.

• A) Men are less likely to grieve than women in response to loss of a spouse.
• B) Men carry attachments to their spouses that are less deep than women's attachments.
• C) Three out of four women will be widowed at some point because women tend to live longer than men and frequently marry older men.
• D) The male response to grief has been thoroughly studied and documented in the literature.

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