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| Black/white differences in psychological adjustment in spousal loss among older adults | | Author(s) | Deborah S Carr |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 26, no 6, November 2004 |
| Pages | pp 591-622 |
| Source | http://www.sagepub.com |
| Keywords | White people ; Black people ; Bereavement ; Widows ; Widowers ; Adjustment ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Differences between Blacks and Whites in the effect of widowhood on depressive symptoms and anxiety are examined as follows: in grief symptoms 6 months after spousal loss; and the extent to which these differences are explained by marital quality, social support from children and friends, and religiosity. Analyses are based on the Changing Lives of Older Couples (CLOC), a prospective study of 1,532 married individuals aged 65+ in the Detroit area. Widowhood is associated with elevated anxiety and depressive symptoms, yet these effects do not differ by race. Among widowed people only, Blacks and Whites report similar levels of overall grief, yearning, intrusive thoughts, shock, depressive symptoms, and anxiety, whereas Blacks report significantly lower levels of anger and despair. The racial gap in anger is explained by Blacks' higher levels of religious participation and social support from children, whereas the differences in despair reflect Blacks' higher levels of pre-loss marital conflict. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050201201 A |
| Classmark | TKA: TKE: DW: SP: SPA: DR: 7T |
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