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Grief work

Grief work refers to the psychological side and process of coming to terms with bereavement and coping with loss and grief. Grief work also refers to a person's psychological efforts to work through the reality of loss of a loved one and the feelings in which the person must (1) achieve freedom from feelings of guilt about ways he or she had criticized or even harmed the person who died and feelings of regret for things left unsaid or undone; (2) make an adjustment to all the aspects of the environment from which the deceased is missing; and (3) begin to form new relationships.

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Grievance system

Grievance system refers to a process in which an employee files a complaint with the organization and a person or committee within the organization makes a decision regarding the com

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Grieving

Deutsch: Trauern / Español: Duelo / Português: Luto / Français: Deuil / Italiano: Lutto

Grieving is a a term used by some writers to designate the internal or intrapsychic aspects of grief and mourning. It can also be defined as processes of experiencing and expressing grief and mourning. --->Grief.

In the context of psychology, grieving refers to the emotional process that individuals go through after experiencing a loss, typically the death of a loved one. This process involves various emotional, cognitive, physical, and behavioral responses as the individual comes to terms with their loss.

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Grinch

Grinch refers to someone who ruins others' enjoyment. The word "Grinch" is from the character in How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1957) who is called Grinch, a work by Dr. Seuss, the pseudonym of Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904-1991)

Grip span

Grip span is defined as the distance a hand must span in order to grip an object.

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GRIT

GRIT is the acronym for "Graduated and reciprocated initiatives in tension reduction" which refers to a strategy designed to de-escalate international tensions.

GRIT (Graduated and reciprocated initiative in tension reduction)

- GRIT (Graduated and reciprocated initiative in tension reduction) : GRIT which is the acronym of Graduated and reciprocated initiative in tension reduction is a strategy for resolving a mixed-motive dilemma, in which one party announces its intention to cooperate and then behaves cooperatively. If exploited, the party temporarily retaliates, then resumes cooperative behavior.

Grooming

Grooming is the term refers to the process by which child sex offenders/abusers ensnare their victims by befriending them. The abuser will usually pretend to share a common interest with the child or offer them support and advice before persuading them to meet one-to-one. When using the internet for Grooming, the offenders also usually pretend to be children, too. Following a number of cases where Pedophiles have used internet chatrooms or email to befriend children in order to abuse them, public awareness of "Grooming" has grown.

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