Bonanno and colleagues' (2011) study on grieving found support for the contention that:
A) feelings of grief increase significantly with age.
B) excessive processing of grief may actually increase stress in a bereaved individual.
C) men show more grief processing than women.
D) when a person dies as the result of passive euthanasia, grief tends to be more intense.

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Bonanno and colleagues' study highlighted that excessive processing of grief does not always aid in the healing process and can, in fact, increase stress for the bereaved individual. This challenges the common assumption that one must actively work through grief to recover from a loss.

Bonanno and Colleagues' (2011) Study on Grieving Found Support for the Contention