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| Adjustment to violent and natural deaths in later and earlier life for black and white widows | | Author(s) | Gay C Kitson |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 55B, no 6, November 2000 |
| Pages | pp S341-S351 |
| Keywords | Death ; Adjustment ; Widows ; Divorced persons ; White people ; Black people ; Comparison ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The role of mode and unexpectedness of death was explored with regard to age, race and marital status on psychological symptoms for widows some 6 months after their husbands' deaths. Midwestern US samples were drawn from death and divorce records for 276 black and white women aged 19-74 whose husbands had died from homicide, suicide or accidental death; 276 matched natural death widows; and 188 separated or divorced women. Contrary to expectations, widows of those who had died from long-term natural illness exhibited more distress than those who had died from violent and sudden, natural deaths combined. Widows were also more distressed than divorced women; and middle-aged and younger widows were more distressed than older ones. White widows reported more symptoms than blacks in violent but not natural deaths. Black widows whose spouses had died from suicide had higher psychological distress on some indicators, supporting the greater stigma of suicide among blacks. Results of smaller studies on the minimal role of mode of death in bereavement are supported. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010307212 A |
| Classmark | CW: DR: SP: SOJ: TKA: TKE: 48: 7T |
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