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Widowhood and depression
— gender differences | | Author(s) | Gary R Lee, Marion C Willetts, Karen Seccombe |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 20, no 5, September 1998 |
| Pages | pp 611-630 |
| Keywords | Depression ; Widows ; Widowers ; Older men ; Older women ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Hypotheses predicting why widowhood should be more difficult psychologically for men than women were tested on a sample of 746 older persons in this US study. Results indicate that widowhood is a more depressing experience for men than for women, partly because of the intervening effects of health and time since widowhood. However, much of the gender difference remained unexplained. Possible causes, including the fact that widowhood is a more usual components of the life cycle for women, are discussed. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981029404 A |
| Classmark | ENR: SP: SPA: BC: BD: 7T |
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