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Psychological wellbeing in later life — the longitudinal effects of marriage, widowhood and marital status change
Author(s)	Kate M Bennett
Journal title	International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 20, no 3, March 2005
Pages	pp 280-284
Source	http://www.interscience.wiley.com
Keywords	Well being ; Marriage ; Widows ; Marital status ; Longitudinal surveys ; Nottingham.
Annotation	Psychological wellbeing was examined cross-sectionally and longitudinally in the context of marital status, gender and age, using data from the Nottingham Longitudinal Study of Ageing (NLSAA). Measures were taken 8 years apart for three groups: married at both interviews; widowed at both interviews; and married at first interview but widowed at the second. Cross-sectionally significant differences were found for marital status and age for both morale and social engagement. Both widowed and newly-widowed participants reported lower morale and social engagement than their married counterparts. In the longitudinal model, while previous levels of morale were taken into account, only age and being newly widowed contributed significantly. The study shows that while age needs to be taken into account when examining widowhood, gender does not contributes to psychological well-being. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-050322208 A
Classmark	D:F:5HH: SL: SP: SLM: 3J: 8NTF
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