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Gender, age and widowhood
— gender differences in adaptation in the medium and long term | | Author(s) | Kate Davidson |
| Journal title | Bereavement Care, vol 19, no 2, Summer 2000 |
| Pages | pp 25-27 |
| Keywords | Older men ; Older women ; Widows ; Widowers ; Bereavement ; Adjustment ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | There is a perception that men, specifically ageing men, are more emotionally distressed than ageing women by their spouse's death. The few studies carried out on widowers indicate that it is the loss of the person whose care allowed them independence, and the need to take on the role as self-carer that requires the greater psychological adjustment. However, the difference men and women experience when bereaved is reflected in the strategies they utilise to adapt to solo living, rather than the intensity of their distress. The author uses a study of 25 widows and 26 widowers aged 65+ who had been widowed for at least 2 years to outline the range and complexity of the adaptations required of them. She recognises the "chaos" that results in the lives of those unable to make these adjustments. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-001009212 A |
| Classmark | BC: BD: SP: SPA: DW: DR: 3F |
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