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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782471603321

Autore

Moore Alinde J

Titolo

Resilient widowers [[electronic resource] ] : older men speak for themselves / / Alinde J. Moore, Dorothy C. Stratton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer Pub., c2002

ISBN

1-281-80656-0

9786611806569

0-8261-1476-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

Springer series, focus on men

Altri autori (Persone)

StrattonDorothy C

Disciplina

305.389654

Soggetti

Adjustment (Psychology) in old age - United States

Loss (Psychology) in old age - United States

Resilience (Personality trait) - United States

Widowers - United States - Attitudes

Widowers - United States - Psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Studying Resilience in Widowers; 2 Models of Resilience; 3 What Was Lost: Wives and Marriages; 4 Illness and Death of Wife; 5 Caregiving and Communication; 6 Saying Goodbye; 7 Grief and Adjustment; 8 Living Alone; 9 Remarriage; 10 Life Values Carried Forward; 11 Adult Children and Other Social Support; 12 Cohorts and the Future; Appendix A: Methodology; Appendix B: Interview Topics; Appendix C: Respondents and Characteristics; Subject Index; Author Index

Sommario/riassunto

""This is a most impressive work on a much needed and neglected area of older men who lost their spouses. Moore and Stratton listened to what these men had to say and presented us with such a rich mosaic of feelings, experiences, and hypotheses for future research."". - Leonard Poon, PhD, Dr Phil hc. Professor of Psychology. Chair, Faculty of Gerontology. Director, University of Georgia Gerontology Center. Based on the authors' intensive qualitative study of a diverse group of 51 widowers, this unique book sets widowhood within the context of life experience. It identifies characteristics and