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| Reactions to loss among aged men and women: a comparison | | Author(s) | Annette Benedict, Xiurong Zhang |
| Journal title | Activities, Adaptation & Aging, vol 24, no 1, 1999 |
| Pages | pp 29-40 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Bereavement ; Older men ; Older women ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The process of grieving for the loss of significant persons, particularly for older people, is important for the recovery of the survivor. Research data is contradictory concerning gender differences in feelings at the time of loss, length of the recovery period, and the relative completeness of the recovery. In this study, 393 women and men aged 55 years and over were interviewed about their reactions to loss. Significantly more women remembered themselves as being highly emotional at the time of loss than men did. In addition, the recovery period was longer for women than it was for men. However, women and men did not differ in terms of the survivors' evaluation of the completeness of their recovery. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990318231 A |
| Classmark | DW: BC: BD: 7T |
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