Resilient widowers : older men speak for themselves / / Alinde J. Moore, Dorothy C. Stratton
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| Autore: |
Moore Alinde J
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| Titolo: |
Resilient widowers : older men speak for themselves / / Alinde J. Moore, Dorothy C. Stratton
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Springer Pub., c2002 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 305.389654 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| Altri autori: |
StrattonDorothy C
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| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Resilient widowers |
| ISBN: | 1-281-80656-0 |
| 9786611806569 | |
| 0-8261-1476-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910815855303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Springer series, focus on men (Unnumbered)